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MINUTE
THE METHODIST CONFERENCES,
THE FIEST, HELD IN LONDON,
THE LATE REV. JOHN WESLEY, A.M.,
IN THE TEAR 1744.
VOLUME I.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY JOHN MASON,
AT THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE OFFICE,
2, CASTLE-STREET, FINSBURY;
AND SOLD AT 66, PATEE,NOSTER-BOW.
1862.
LOMUON :
PRINTED BY WILLIAM NICHOLS,
HOXTON SQUARE.
ADVERTISEMENT.
Under the general name of "Minutes of Con-
ference " are comprised tlie following classes of
publications : —
I. Those which have appeared annually, in
unbroken series, from the year 1765 to the present ;
and which are republished, down to the year 1860,
in fourteen vols. 8vo.
]n^ II. Those which were issued from time to time
plunder the title of "Minutes of SEVEHAii Con-
^JVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE HeV. Mr. JoHN AND
1^ Charles Wesley, and others :" — being, in reality,
jii^ digests or compendiums of former annual pub-
1^* lications ; and commonly called the " Large
1^ Minutes." In 1797 this important document
I was revised, and published as a " Collection of
^ Hules, or Code of Laws." But on the title-page
>» there is a typographical error, arising from the
: inverting of two figures; the date being given as
jj 1779. This pamphlet, verified by affidavit, was pro-
':. duced during the Chancery proceedings of 1835,
•P (Warren v. Burton,) and recognised as a " Code," by
1 the Vice- Chancellor, and also by the Lord Chancel-
5 lor. The latter observed, " They [the Conference]
published what they considered to be the Code of the
^ Laws of Methodism, in the year 1797 ; and they sign
5 that Code with their names. That very Code has
^ been given in evidence : it is the document described
by the letter P." — Subsequently to 1797, the uncodi-
fied "Large Minutes" appeared in two or three
editions.
III. Those which Mr. Wesley published at Dub-
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IV ADVERTISEMENT.
lin, in 1749 : — "being two tracts, the first of which,
containing doctrinal discussions only, has been seve-
ral times reprinted, but is so interwoven, in the
former edition of Volume I., 8vo., with the " Large
Minutes" of 1763, that its documentary character is
there lost; while the second, relating to matters of
discipline, has never been reprinted, and appears to
be very little known. The two tracts form a most
valuable contribution to the history of the United
Societies.
Eor many years a collection of these several docu-
ments has been strongly desired. A Committee was
appointed, in 1858, to make the preparatory arrange-
ments ; and it was agreed, (in terms of the Commit-
tee's Eeport,) —
1. That the volume of 1812 be not reprinted as it
stands, but altered in various particulars.
2. That the following articles be included in the
new volume : —
(1.) Mr. "Wesley's Doctrinal Minutes published
at Dublin, a.d. 1749.
(2.) The Disciplinary Minutes published in the
same year and place.
(3.) A List of the Conferences successively held
after 1749 to 1764; with Mr. Wesley's
notices of each, as given in his " Journal."
(4.) The Minutes from 1765 to 1798. (Proper
names of men, and of places, to be given
correctly and uniformly ; and errors in
numeration to be set right.)
(5.) The American Statistics, as far as found in
the originals.
(6.) The six several editions of the '' Large
Minutes," published during Mr. Wesley's
life ; to be arranged in parallel columns.
ADVERTISEMENT.
(7.) "Exhibit P."
(8.) In an Appendix, the Jones and Rowell
Manuscripts, carefully collated; with a
suitable introductory note.
(9.) An Index to the whole.
To fulfil the Committee's programme has been the
labour of many months. Much care has been
bestowed, and much valuable counsel taken, in order
to render this volume as accurate as possible. With
the exception of the Minutes of 1782, the reprint
is made from original copies ; and no change has
been admitted, beyond what is technical, — as, the
correcting of manifest errors, and just as much
modifying of the punctuation as seemed needful to
make the sense plain.
The whole illustrates the rise and growth of a
remarkable work of God. Students of this chapter
of church-history will not fail to compare the suc-
cessive editions of the " Large Minutes," which are
here exhibited at one view. The additions and alter-
ations made from year to year are thus distinctly
shown ; and the charge of garbling these documents,
once and again so vehemently preferred, is thus
effectually refuted. The volume contains much that is
unlike the wisdom of the world ; but still more that
may humbly claim kindred with " the wisdom that is
from above," which is "first pure, then peaceable."
May the fervour and simplicity of our fathers, their
love of the truth, and self-denying devotion to their
work, survive in their sons and successors till time
shall be no more !
Conference Office, City -Road, London;
May, 1862.
CONTENTS.
Minutes of some late Conversations between the Eev. Mr, WESLETa
AND others.
[On Doctrine.]
Page.
London, June 25-27, 1744 1
Bristol, August 1, 2, 1745 6
Bristol, May 13, 1746 11
London, June 16, 17, 1747 15, 17
Minutes of some late Conversations between the Eev. Mr. Weslets
AND others.
[On Discipline.]
London, June 25, 23, 29, 1744 21
Bristol, August, 1, 3, 1745 25
Bristol, May 12, 14, 15, 1746 .. 30
London, June 15, 18, 1747 34
London, June 2, 3, 6, 1748 39
London, November 16j &c., 1749 44
Brief Notices of Fifteen Conferences held between 1749 and 1765 ... 45
Page.
conference XXII.
Manchester, 1765 48
XXIII.
Leeds, 1766 53
XXIV.
London, 1767 70
XXV.
Bristol, 1768 75
XXVI.
Leeds, 1769 82
xxvil.
London, 1770 89
XXVIII.
Bristol, 1771 97
Page.
conference XXIX.
Leeds, 1772 loi
XXX.
London, 1773 106
XXXI.
Bristol, 1774 Ill
XXXII.
Leeds, 1775 116
XXXIII.
London, 1776 121
XXXIV.
Bristol, 1777 127
XXXV.
Leeds, 1778 131
CONTENTS.
Pasre.
Vll
COHFERENCE XXXVI.
London, 1779 136
xxxvii.
Bristol, 1780 141
XXXVIII.
Leeds, 1781 146
XXXIX.
London, 1782 151
XL.
Bristol, 1783 159
XLI.
Leeds, 1784 165
XLII.
London, 1785 171
XLIII.
Bristol, 1786 182
XLIV.
Manchester, 1787 194
CONFERENCE XLVI.
Leeds, 1789 216
XLVII.
Bristol. 1790 227
XLVIII.
Manchester, 1791 242
XLIX.
London, 1792 257
L.
Leeds, 1793 274
LI.
Bristol, 1794 295
LII.
Manchester, 1795 316
LIII.
London, 1796 346
LIV.
Leeds, 1797 377
London, 1788
203 Bristol, 1798 412
The " Lakge Minutes " in the six successive Editions published during
THE Life of Mr. Wesley 443
Minutes of several Conversations between the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.,
AND THE Preachers in connexion with him. Containing the Form
OF Discipline established among the Preachers and People in the
Methodist Societies. Published in 1797 676
APPENDIX.
Notes of certain Conferences preserved in the Handwriting of the
LATE Rev. John Jones 70S
Notes preserved in the Handwriting of the late Rev. Jacob Rowell 714
Index to the Volume 721
MINUTES
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MINUTES OF SOME LATE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE
REV. 3IR. WESLEYS AND OTHERS.
CONVERSATION THE FIRST.
MONDAY, 25th of June, 1744.
The following persons being met at the Foundery, John
Wesley, Charles Wesley, John Hodges, Rector of Wenvo, Henry
Piers, Vicar of Bexley, Samuel Taylor, Vicar of Quinton, and
John Meriton, after some time spent in prayer, the design of
our meeting was proposed, namely, to consider,
1. What to teach;
2. How to teach ; and,
3. What to do ; i. e., How to regulate our doctrine, discipline,
and practice.
We began with considering the doctrine of justification. The
questions relating to, with the substance of the answers given
thereto, were as follows : —
Q. 1. What is to be justified?
A. To be pardoned, and received into God's favour, into such
a state that, if we continue therein, we shall be finally saved.
Q. 2. Is faith the condition of justification?
A. Yes ; for everyone who believeth not is condemned ; and
everyone who believes is justified.
Q. 3. But must not repentance and works meet for repentance
go before this faith?
A. Without doubt : if by repentance you mean conviction
of sin ; and by works meet for repentance, obeying God as far
as we can, forgiving our brother, leaving ofi" from evil, doing
good, and using His ordinances according to the power we have
received.
Q. 4. What is faith?
A. Faith in general is a Divine, supernatural elenchos of
things not seen ; i. e., of past, future, or spiritual things. It is
a spiritual sight of God and the things of God.
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First, a sinner is convinced by the Holy Ghost, " Christ
loved me and gave Himself for me ;" — this is that faith by which
he is justified or pardoned the moment he receives it. Immedi-
ately the same Spirit bears witness, "Thou ai't pardoned; thou
hast redemption in His blood." And this is saving faith,
whereby the love of God is shed abroad in his heart.
Q. 5. Have all Christians this faith? May not a man be
justified and not know it ?
A. That all true Christians have such a faith as implies an
assurance of God's love, appears from Rom. viii. 15 ; Eph. iv. 32 ;
2 Cor. xiii. 5; Heb. viii. 10; 1 John iv. 10; v. 19, And that
no man can be justified and not know it, appears farther from
the nature of the thing. For faith after repentance is ease after
pain, rest after toil, light after darkness. It appears also from
the immediate, as well as distant, fruits thereof.
Q. 6. But may not a man go to heaven without it?
A. It does not appear from Holy Writ that a man who hears
the Gospel can, (Mark xvi. 16,) whatever a Heathen may do.
(Rom. ii. 14.)
Q. 7. What are the immediate fruits of justifying faith?
A. Peace, joy, love, power over all outward sin, and power to
keep down inward sin.
Q. 8. Does any one believe, who has not the witness in
himself, or any longer than he sees, loves, obeys God?
A. We apprehend not ; seeing God being the very essence of
faith ; love and obedience the inseparable properties of it.
Q. 9. What sins are consistent with justifying faith?
A. No wilful sin. If a believer wilfully sins, he casts away
his faith. Neither is it possible he should have justifying faith
again, without previously repenting.
Q. 10. Must every believer come into a state of doubt, or fear,
or darkness ? Will he do so, unless by ignorance or unfaithful-
ness? Does God otherwise withdraw Himself?
A. It is certain, a believer need never again come into
condemnation. It seems, he need not come into a state of doubt,
or fear, or darkness : and that (ordinarily at least) he will not,
unless by ignorance or unfaithfulness. Yet it is true, that the
first joy does seldom last long ; that it is commonly followed by
doubts and fears ; and that God frequently permits great
heaviness, before any large manifestation of Himself.
Q. 11. Are works necessary to the continuance of faith?
A. Without doubt ; for a man may forfeit the free gift of God,
either by sins of omission or commission.
Q. 12. Can faith be lost, but for want of works?
A. It cannot, but through disobedience.
Q. 13. How is faith made perfect by works?
A. The more we exert our faith, the more it is increased.
"To him that hath, shall be given."
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Q. 14. St. Paul says, Abraham was not "justified by works."
St. James, He was "justified by works." Do they not contradict
each other ?
A. No : 1. Because they do not speak of the same justification.
St. Paul speaks of that justification which was when Abraham
was seventy-five years old, above twenty years before Isaac was
born. St. James of that justification which was when he offered
up Isaac on the altar.
3. Because they do not speak of the same works. St. Paul
speaking of works that precede faith : St. James of works that
spring from it.
Q. 15. In what sense is Adam's sin imputed to all mankind?
A. In Adam all die, i. e., 1, Our bodies then became mortal.
3. Our souls died, i. e., were disunited from God. And hence,
3. We are all born with a sinful, devilish nature : by reason
whereof, 4. We are children of wrath, liable to death eternal.
Rom. V. 18; Eph. ii. 3.
Q. 16. In what sense is the righteousness of Christ imputed to
all mankind, or to believers ?
A. We do not find it expressly affirmed in Scripture, that God
imputes the righteousness of Christ to any. Although we do
find, that faith is imputed to us for righteousness.
That text, " As by one man's disobedience all men were made
sinners, so by the obedience of One all were made righteous,"
we conceive means. By the merits of Christ, all men are cleared
from the guilt of Adam's actual sin.
We conceive farther, that through the obedience and death of
Christ, 1. The bodies of all men become immortal after the
resurrection ; 2. Their souls receive a capacity of spiritual life ;
and, 3. An actual spark or seed thereof. 4. All believers become
children of grace, reconciled to God; and, 5. made partakers of
the Divine nature.
Q. 17. Have we not then unawares leaned too much towards
Calvinism ?
A. We are afraid we have.
Q. 18. Have we not also leaned towards Antinomianism ?
A. We are afraid we have.
Q. 19. What is Antinomianism?
A. The doctrine which makes void the law through faith.
Q. 20. What are the main pillars hereof?
A. 1. That Christ abolished the moral law.
2. That therefore Christians are not obliged to observe it.
3. That one branch of Christian liberty is liberty from obeying
the commandments of God.
4. That it is bondage to do a thing because it is commanded,
or forbear it because it is forbidden.
5. That a believer is not obliged to use the ordinances of God,
or to do good works.
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6. That a Preacher ought not to exhort to good works : not
unbelievers, because it is hurtful; not believers, because it is
needless.
Q. 21. What was the occasion of St, PauFs writing his Epistle
to the Galatians ?
A. The coming of certain men amongst the Galatians, who
taught, " Except ye be circumcised and keep the law of Moses,
ye cannot be saved. ^^
Q. 22. What is his main design therein?
A. To pi'ove, 1. That no man can be justified or saved by the
works of the law, either moral or ritual, 2. That every believer
is justified by faith in Christ, without the works of the law.
Q. 23. What does he mean bv " the works of the law ? "
Gal. ii. 16, &c.
A. All works which do not spring from faith in Ch):'ist.
Q. 24. What by being "under the law?" Gal. iii. 23.
A. Under the Mosaic dispensation.
Q. 25. What law has Christ abolished?
A. The ritual law of Moses.
Q. 26. What is meant by "liberty? " Gal. v. 1.
A. Liberty, 1. From the law; 2. From sin.
On TUESDAY Morning, June 26, ivas considered,
The doctrine of sanctification : with regard to which the
questions asked and the substance of the answers given were as
follows : —
Q. 1. What is it to be sanctified?
A. To be renewed in the image of God in righteousness and
true holiness.
Q. 2. Is faith the condition or the instrument of sanctifi-
cation?
A. It is both the condition and instrument of it. When we
begin to believe, then sanctification begins. And as faith
increases, holiness increases, till we are created anew.
Q. 3. What is implied in being a perfect Christian?
A. The loving the Lord our God with all our hearts, and with
all our mind, and soul, and strength. Dent. vi. 5; xxx. 6;
Ezek. xxxvi. 25—29.
Q. 4. Does this imply, that all inward sin is taken away?
A. Without doubt : or how could he be said to be saved from
all his uncleannesses ? Verse 29.
Q. 5. Can we know one who is thus saved? What is a
reasonable proof of it ?
A. We cannot without the miraculous discernment of spirits
be infallibly certain of those who are thus saved. But, we
apprehend, these would be the best proofs which the nature of
the thing admits. 1. If we had sufficient evidence of their
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unblameable behaviour, at least from the time of their justifica-
tion. 2. If they gave a distinct account of the time and manner
wherein they were saved from sin, and of the circumstances
thereof, with such sound speech as could not be reproved. And,
3. If upon a strict inquiry from time to time, for two or tliree
years following, it appeared that all their tempers and words
and actions were holy aud unreproveable.
Q. 6. How should we treat those who think they have
attained this ?
A. Exhort them to forget the things that are behind, and to
watch and pray always, that God may search the ground of
their hearts.
WEDNESDAY, June 27,
We began to consider points of discipline : with regard to
which the questions asked, and the substance of the answers
given were as follows : —
Q. 1. What is the Church of England?
A. According to the twentieth Article, the visible Church of
England is the congregation of English believers in which the
pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly
administered.
(But the word church is sometimes taken in a looser sense, for
" a congregation professing to believe.^' So it is taken in the
twenty-sixth Article, and in the 1st, 2d, and 3d chapters of the
Revelation.)
Q. 2. What is a member of the Church of England ?
A. A believer, hearing the pure word of God preached, and
partaking of the sacraments, duly administered, in that Church.
Q. 3. What is it to be zealous for the Church ?
A. To be earnestly desirous of its welfare and increase : of its
welfare, by the confirmation of its present members, in faith,
hearing, and communicating; and of its increase, by the addition
of new members.
Q. 4. How are we to defend the doctrine of the Church ?
A. Both by our preaching and living.
Q. 5. How should we behave at a false or railing sermon?
A. If it only contain personal reflections, we may quietly
suffer it : if it blaspheme the work and Spirit of God, it may be
better to go out of the church. In either case, if opportunity
serve, it would be well to speak or write to the Minister.
Q. 6. How far is it our duty to obey the Bishops?
A. In all things indifferent. And on this ground of obeying
them, we should observe the canons, so far as we can with a safe
conscience.
Q. 7. Do we separate from the Church?
A. We conceive not : we hold communion therewith, for
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conscience sake, by constantly attending both the word
preached and the sacraments administered therein.
Q. 8. What then do they mean who say, " You separate from
the Church?^'
A. We cannot certainly tell. Perhaps they have no
determinate meaning : unless, by the Church they mean them-
selves ; i. e., that part of the Clergy who accuse us of preaching
false doctrine. And it is sure we do herein separate from them,
by maintaining that which they deny.
Q. 9. But do you not weaken the Church?
A, Do not they who ask this, by the Church mean themselves?
We do not purposely weaken any man^s hands. But accident-
ally we may, thus far : they who come to know the truth by us,
will esteem such as deny it less than they did before.
But the Church, in the proper sense, the congregation of
English believers, we do not weaken at all.
Q. 10. Do you not entail a schism on the Church? i. e., Is it
not probable that your hearers, after your death, will be scattered
into all sects and parties ? Or that they will form themselves
into a distinct sect ?
A. 1. We are persuaded the body of our hearers will even after
our death remain in the Church, unless they be thrust out.
2. We believe, notwithstanding, either that they will be
thrust out, or that they will leaven the whole Church.
3. We do, and will do, all we can to prevent those consequences
which are supposed likely to happen after our death.
4. But we cannot with a good conscience neglect the present
opportunity of saving souls while we live, for fear of consequences
which may possibly or probably happen after we are dead.
CONVERSATION THE SECOND.
BRISTOL, Thursday, August I, 1745.
The following persons being met together at the New Room,
John Wesley, Charles Wesley, John Hodges, Thomas Richards,
Samuel Larwood, Thomas Meyrick, James Wheatley, Richard
Moss, John Slocomb, Herbert Jenkins, and Marmaduke
Gwynne :
It was proposed to review the Minutes of the last Conference
with regard to justification. And it was asked,
Q. 1. How comes what is written on this subject to be so
intricate and obscure ? Is this obscurity from the nature of the
thing itself? Or, from the fault or weakness of those who have
generally treated of it?
A. We apprehend this obscurity does not arise from the
nature of the subject : but, perhaps, partly from hence, that the
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devil peculiarly labours to perplex a subject of the greatest
importance ; and partly from the extreme warmth of most writers
who have treated of it.
Q. 2. We affirm faith in Christ is the sole condition of
justification. But does not repentance go before that faith?
Yea, and (supposing there be opportunity for them) fruits or
works meet for repentance ?
A. Without doubt they do.
Q. 3. How then can we deny them to be conditions of
justification? Is not this a mere strife of words? But is it
worth while to continue a dispute on the term condition ?
A. It seems not, though it has been grievously abused. But
so the abuse cease, let the use remain.
Q. 4. Sliall we read over together Mr. Baxter's Aphorisms
concerning justification?
A. By all means : which were accordingly read. And it was
desired, that each person present would in the afternoon consult
the Scriptures cited therein, and bring what objections might
occur the next morning.
Friday, August 2. The Question was proposed,
Q. 1. Is an assurance of God's pardoning love absolutely
necessary to our being in His favour? Or may there possibly be
some exempt cases?
A. We dare not positively say, there are not.
Q. 2. Is such an assurance absolutely necessary to inward and
outward holiness?
A. To inward, we apprehend it is : to outward holiness, we
incline to think it is not.
Q. 3. Is it indispensably necessary to final salvation? Suppose
in a Papist? Or a Quaker? Or, in general, among those who
never heard it preached?
A. Love hopeth all things. We know not how far any of
these may fall under the case of invincible ignorance.
Q. 4. But what can we say of one of our own Society, who
dies without it, as J. W. at London?
\ A. It may possibly be an exempt case (if the fact was really
so). But Ave determine nothing. We leave his soul in the
hands of Him that made it.
Q. 5. Does a man believe any longer than he sees a reconciled
God ?
A. We conceive not. But we allow there may be infinite
degrees in seeing God : even as many as there are between him
who sees the sun, when it shines on his eyelids closed, and him
who stands with his eyes wide open, in the full blaze of his
beams.
Q. G.'-Does a man believe any longer than he loves God?
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A. In no wise. For neither circumcision or uncircumcision
avails, without faith working by love.
Q. 7. Have we duly considered the case of Cornelius ? Was
not he in the favour of God, when his " prayers and alms came
up for a memorial before God?^^ i. e., before he believed in
Christ?
A. It does seem that he was, in some degree. But we speak
not of those who have not heard the Gospel.
Q. 8, But were those works of his splendid sins ?
A. No ; nor were they done without the grace of Christ.
Q. 9. How then can we maintain, that all works done before
we have a sense of the pardoning love of God are sin? And,
as such, an abomination to Him?
A. The works of him who has heard the Gospel and does not
believe are not done as God hath willed and commanded them
to be done. And yet we know not how to say, that they are an
abomination to the Lord in him who feareth God, and from that
principle does the best he can.
Q. 10. Seeing there is so much difficulty in this subject, can
we deal too tenderly with them that oppose us?
A. We cannot; unless we were to give up any part of the
truth of God.
Q. 11. Is a believer constrained to obey God?
A. At first he often is. The love of Christ constraineth him.
After this, he may obey, or he may not ; no constraint being laid
upon him.
Q. 12. Can faith be lost, but through disobedience?
A. It cannot. A believer first inwardly disobeys, inclines to
sin with his heart : then his intercourse with God is cut off",
i. e., his faith is lost. And after this, he may fall into outward
sin, being now weak, and like another man.
Q. 13. How can such an one recover faith?
A. By repenting and doing the first works. Bev. ii. 5.
Q. 14. Whence is it that so great a majority of those who
believe fall more or less into doubt or fear ?
A. Chiefly from their own ignorance or unfaithfulness : often
from their not watching unto prayer: perhaps sometimes from
some defect, or want of the power of God, in the preaching they
hear.
Q. 15. Is there not a defect in us ? Do we* preach as we did
at first ? Have we not changed our doctrines ?
A. 1. At first we preached almost wholly to unbelievers. To
those, therefore, we spake almost continually of remission of
sins through the death of Christ, and the nature of faith in His
blood. And so we do still, among those who need to be taught
the first elements of the Gospel of Christ.
2. But those in whom the foundation is already laid, we
exhort to go on to perfection : which we did not see so clearly
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at first ; although we occasionally spoke of it from the
beginning.
3. Yet we now preach, and that continually, faith in Christ
as the Prophet, Priest, and King, at least as clearly, as strongly,
and as fully as we did six years ago.
Q. 16. Do Ave not discourage visions and dreams too much ?
As if we condemned them toto (/enere.
A. We do not intend to do this. We neither discourage nor
encourage them. We learn from Acts ii. 19, &c., to expect
something of this kind "in the last days." And we cannot deny
that saving faith is often given in dreams or visions of the
night : which faith we account neither better nor worse than if
it came by any other means.
Q. 17. Do not some of our Assistants preach too much of the
wrath and too little of the love of God ?
A. We fear they have leaned to that extreme ; and hence
some of their hearers may have lost the joy of faith.
Q. 18. Need we ever preach the terrors of the Lord to those
who know they are accepted of Him ?
A. No ; it is folly so to do : for love is to them the strongest
of all motives.
Q. 19, Do we ordinarily represent a justified state so great
and happy as it is?
A. Perhaps not. A believer, walking in the light, is
inexpressibly great and happy.
Q. 20. Should we not have a care of depreciating justification
in order to exalt the state of full sanctification ?
A. Undoubtedly we should beware of this : for one may
insensibly slide into it.
Q. 21. How shall we effectually avoid it?
A. When we are going to speak of entire sanctification, let
us first describe the blessings of a justified state as strongly as
possible.
Q. 22. Does not the truth of the Gospel lie very near both to
Calvinism and Antinomianism ?
A. Indeed it does: as it were, within a hair's breadth. So
that it is altogether foolish and sinful, because we do not quite
agree either with one or the other, to run from them as far as
ever we can.
Q. 23. Wherein may we come to the very edge of Calvinism ?
A. 1. In ascribing all good to the free grace of God; 2. In
denying all natural free will, and all power, antecedent to grace ;
and, 3. In excluding all merit from man, even for what he has
or does by the grace of God.
Q. 24. Wherein may we come to the edge of Antinomian-
ism ?
A. 1. In exalting the merits and love of Christ. 2. lu
rejoicing evermore.
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Q. 25. Does faith supersede (set aside the necessity of)
holiness or good works?
A. In no wise. So far from it, that it imphes both, as a
cause does its effects.
About Ten, loe began to speak of sanctificaiion : with regard
to which it was inquired : —
Q. 1. When does inward sanctification begin ?
A. In the moment we are justified. The seed of every virtue
is then sown in the soul. From that time the believer gradually
dies to sin, and grows in grace. Yet sin remains in him ; yea,
the seed of all sin, till he is sanctified throughout in spirit, soul,
and body.
Q. 2. What will become of a Heathen, a Papist, a Church-of-
England inan, if he dies without being thus sanctified?
A. He cannot see the Lord. But none who seeks it sincerely
shall or can die without it : though possibly he may not attain
it till the very article of death.
Q. 3. Is it ordinarily given till a little before death ?
A. It is not, to those that expect it no sooner, nor
consequently ask for it, at least, not in faith.
Q. 4. But ought we to expect it sooner ?
A. Why not? For although we grant, 1. That the gene-
rality of believers, whom we have hitherto known, were not so
sanctified till near death. 2. That few of those to whom St.
Paul wrote his Epistles were so at the time he wrote. 3. Nor
he himself at the time of writing his former Epistles : yet this
does not prove that we may not to-day.
Q. 5. But would not one who was thus sanctified be incapable
of worldly business ?
A, He would be far more capable of it than ever, as going
through all without distraction.
Q. 6. Would he be capable of marriage ?
A. Why should he not ?
Q. 7. Should we not beware of bearing hard on those who
think they have attained?
A. We should. And the rather, because if they are faithful
to the grace they have received, they are in no danger of perish-
ing at last. No, not even if they remain in luminous faith (as
some term it) for many months or years : perhaps till within a
little time of their spirits returning to God.
Q. 8. In what manner should we preach entire sanctification?
A. Scarce at all to those who are not pressing forward. To
those who are, always by way of promise : always drawing, rather
than driving.
Q. 9. How should we wait for the fulfilling of this promise ?
A. In universal obedience : in keeping all the command-
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ments, in denying ourselves, and taking up our cross daily.
These are tlie general means which God hath ordained for our
receiving His sanctifying grace. The particular are, prayer,
searching the Scripture, communicating, and fasting.
CONVERSATION THE THIRD.
TUESDAY, May 13, 1746.
The following persons being met at the New Room in
Bristol, John Wesley, Charles Wesley, John Hodges, Jonathan
Reeves, Thomas Maxfield, Thomas Westell, and Thomas Willis,
it was inquired : —
Q. 1. Can an unbeliever (whatever he be in other respects)
challenge anything of God^s justice ?
A. Absolutely nothing but hell. And this is a point which
we cannot too much insist on.
Q. 2. Do we empty men of their own righteousness, as we
did at first ? Do we sufficiently labour, when they begin to be
convinced of sin, to take away all they lean upon ? Should we
not then endeavour with all our might to overturn their false
foundations ?
A. This was at first one of our principal points. And it
ought to be so still. For, till all other foundations are overturned,
they cannot build upon Christ.
Q. 3. Did we not then purposely throw them into convic-
tions? Into strong sorrow and fear? Nay, did we not strive
to make them inconsolable ? Refusing to be comforted ?
A. We did. And so we should do still. For the stronger
the conviction, the speedier is the deliverance. And none so
soon receive the peace of God, as those who steadily refuse all
other comfort.
Q. 4. Let us consider a particular case. Was you, Jonathan
Reeves, before you received the peace of God, convinced that,
notwithstanding all you did, or could do, you was in a state of
damnation ?
J. R. I was convinced of it, as fully as that I am now alive.
Q. 5. Are you sure that conviction was from God?
/. R. I can have no doubt but it was.
Q. 6. What do you mean by a state of damnation ?
/. R. A state wherein if a man dies he perisheth for ever.
Q. 7. How did that conviction end ?
J. R. I had first a strong hope that God would deliver me :
and this brought a degree of peace. But I had not,, that solid,
peace of God, till Christ was revealed in me. .-'''^:- Pv a < ,jy
Q. 8. But is not such a trust in the love of ,©0(3, t|io;i}gh|it
be as yet without a distinct sight of God, reconciled tb' me
through Jesus Christ, a low degree of justifying faith'i?-^ JLOCjIl. ,
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A. It is an earnest of it. But this abides for a short time
only : nor is this the proper Christian faith.
Q. 9. By what faith were the Apostles clean before Christ
died?
A. By such a faith as tliis; by a Jewish faith. For the Holy
Ghost was not then given.
Q. 10. Of whom, then, do you understand those words,
" Who is there among you that feareth the Lord ? That obey-
eth the voice of His servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath
no hght ? " Isai. 1. 10.
A. Of a believer under the Jewish dispensation : one in
whose heart God hath not yet shined, to give him the light of
the glorious love of God, in the face of Jesus Christ.
Q. 11. Who is a Jew (inwardly)?
A. A servant of God : one who sincerely obeys Him out of
fear. Whereas a Christian (inwardly) is a child of God; one
who sincerely obeys Him out of love. But was not you sincere
before Christ was revealed in you ?
/. R. It seemed to me that I was in some measure.
Q. 12. What is sincerity ?
A. Willingness to know and do the whole will of God. The
lowest species thereof seems to be " faithfulness in that which is
little.^'
Q. 13. Has God any regard to man^s sincerity?
A. So far, that no man in any state can possibly please God
without it : neither, indeed, in any moment wherein he is not
sincere.
Q. 14. But can it be conceived that God has any regard to
the sincerity of an unbeliever ?
A. Yes, so much, that if he persevere therein, God will
infallibly give him faith.
Q. 15. What regard may we conceive Him to have to the
sincerity of a believer ?
A. So much, that in every sincere believer He fulfils all the
great and precious promises.
Q. 16. Whom do you term a sincere believer?
A. One that walks in the light, as God is in the light.
■Q. 17. Is sincerity the same with a single eye ?
A. Not altogether. The latter refers to our intention ; the
former to our will or desires.
Q. 18. Is it not all in all?
A. All will follow persevering sincerity. God gives every-
thing with it ; nothing without it.
Q. 19. Are not, then, sincerity and faith equivalent
terms ?
A. By no means. It is at least as nearly related to works as
it is to faith. For example : Who is sincere before he believes ?
He that then does all he can : he that, according to the power
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he has received, brings forth " fruits meet for repentance."
Who is sincere after he beheves ? He that, from a sense of
God^s love, is zealous of all good works.
Q. 20. Is not sincerity what St. Paul terms a willing mind ?
^ OT^oS'Ujaia ? 2 Cor. viii. 12.
A. Yes : if that word be taken in a general sense. For it is
a constant disposition to use all the grace given.
Q. 21. But do we not, then, set sincerity on a level with
faith?
A. No. For we allow a man may be sincere, and not be
justified, as he may be penitent, and not be justified : (not as
yet :) but he cannot have faith, and not be justified. The very
moment he believes he is justified.
Q. 22. But do we not give up faith, and put sincerity in its
place, as the condition of our acceptance with God?
A. We believe it is one condition of our acceptance, as
repentance likewise is. And we believe it a condition of our
continuing in a state of acceptance. Yet we do not put it in
the place of faith. It is by faith the merits of Christ are
applied to my soul. But if I am not sincere, they are not
applied.
Q. 23. Is not this that " going about to establish your own
righteousness," whereof St. Paul speaks, E/Ora. x. 3?
A. St. Paul there manifestly speaks of unbelievers, who
sought to be accepted for the sake of their own righteousness.
We do not seek to be accepted for the sake of our sincerity, but
through the merits of Christ alone. Indeed, so long as any
man believes, he cannot go about (in St. Paulas sense) to
" establish his own righteousness."
Q. 24. But do you consider, that we are under the covenant
of grace? And that the covenant of works is now abolished?
A. All mankind were under the covenant of grace from the
very hour that the original promise was made. If by the
covenant of works you mean that of unsinning obedience made
with Adam before the fall : no man but Adam was ever under
that covenant : for it was abolished before Cain was born. Yet
it is not so abolished but that it will stand, in a measure, even
to the end of the world : i. e., If we do this, we shall live ; if
not, we shall die eternally. If we do well, we shall live with
God in glory : if evil, we shall die the second death. For every
man shall be judged in that day, and rewarded " according to his
works."
Q. 25. What means, then, " To him that believeth his faith
is counted for righteousness ? "
A. That God forgives him that is unrighteous as soon as he
believes, accepting his faith instead of perfect righteousness.
But then observe, universal righteousness follows, though it
did not precede faith.
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Q. 26. But is faith thus " counted to us for righteousness "
at whatsoever time we believe ?
A. Yes. In whatsoever moment we believe, all our past sins
vanish away. They are as though they had never been, and we
stand clear in the sight of God.
TUESDAY, Ten o'clock.
Mr. Taylor, of Quinton, and T. Glascot, being added, it was
inquired : —
Q. 1. Are not the assurance of faith, the inspiration of the
Ploly Ghost, and the revelation of Christ in us, terms nearly of
the same import ?
A. He that denies one of them must deny all, they are so
closely connected together.
Q. 2. Are they ordinarily, where the pure Gospel is preached,
essential to our acceptance ?
A. Undoubtedly they are ; and, as such, to be insisted on in
the strongest terms.
Q. 3. Is not the whole dispute of salvation by faith, or by
works, a mere strife of words ?
A. In asserting salvation by faith we mean this: 1. That
pardon (salvation begun) is received by faith, producing works.
2. That holiness (salvation continued) is faith working by love.
3. That heaven (salvation finished) is the reward of this faith.
If you who assert salvation by works, or by faith and woi'ks,
mean the same thing, (understanding by faith, the revelation of
Christ in us, by salvation, pardon, holiness, glory,) we will not
strive with you at all. If you do not, this is not a strife of
words ; but the very vitals, the essence of Christianity, is the
thing in question.
Q. 4. Wherein does our doctrine now differ from that we
preached when at Oxford ?
A. Chiefly in these two points : 1. We then knew nothing of
that righteousness of faith in justification; nor, 2. Of the
nature of faith itself, as implying consciousness of pardon.
Q. 5. May not some degree of the love of God go before a
distinct sense of justification?
A. We believe it may.
Q. 6. Can any degree of sanctification or holiness ?
A. Many degrees of outward holiness may : yea, and some
degree of meekness, and several other tempers which would be
branches of Christian holiness, but that they do not spring fi'om
Christian principles. For the abiding love of God cannot
spring, but from faith in a pardoning God. And no true Christian
holiness can exist, without that love of God for its foundation.
Q. 7. Is every man, as soon as he believes, a new creature,
sanctified, pure in heart? Has he then a new heart? Does
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Christ dwell therein? And is he a temple of the Holy
Ghost?
A. All these things may be affirmed of every believer, in a
true sense. Let us not, therefore, contradict those who
maintain it. Why should we contend about words ?
CONVERSATION THE FOURTH.
TUESDAY, June 16, 1747.
The following persons being met at the Foundery,
John Wesley, Charles Wesley, and Charles Manning, Vicar
of Hayes; Richard Thomas Bateman, Hector of St. Bartholo-
mew's the Great; Henry Piers, Howel Harris, and Thomas
Hardwick : It was inquired,
Q. 1. Is justifying faith a Divine assurance that Christ loved
me, and gave Himself for me ?
A. We believe it is.
Q. 2. What is the judgment of most of the serious Dissenters
concerning this ?
A. They generally allow. That many believers have such an
assurance; and.
That it is to be desired and prayed for by all :
But then they affirm.
That this is the highest species or degree of faith ;
That it is not the common privilege of believers :
Consequently, They deny that this is justifying faith, or
necessarily implied therein.
Q. 3. And are there not strong reasons for their opinion ?
For instance : If the true believers of old had not this assurance,
then it is not necessarily implied in justifying faith :
But the true believers of old had not this assurance.
A. David, and many more of the believers of old, undeniably
had this assurance. But even if the Jeivs had it not, it would
not follow that this is not implied in Christian faith.
Q. 4. But do you not know that the Apostles themselves had
it not till after the Day of Pentecost ?
A. The Apostles themselves had not the proper Christian
faith till after the Day of Pentecost.
Q. 5. But were not those Christian believers, in the proper
sense, to whom St. John wrote his first Epistle ? Yet to these
he says, " These things have I written unto you that believe on
the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye have
eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of
God." 1 John v. 13.
A. This does not prove that they did not know they had
eternal life, any more than that they did not believe. His plain
meaning is, " I have written unto you, that you may be the
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more established in the faith." Therefore, it does not follow
from hence that they had not this assurance; but only that
there are degrees therein.
Q. 6. But were not the Thessalonians true believers? Yet
they had not this assurance; they had only a "good hope."
2 Thess. ii. 16.
A. The text you refer to, runs thus: "Now our Lord Jesus
Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, Avhich hath loved us,
and given us everlasting consolation and good hope through
grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good
word and work." This "good hope" does not exclude, but
necessarily implies a strong assurance of the love of God.
Q. 7. But does not St. Paul say, even of himself, "I know
nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified"? 1 Cor. iv. 4.
A. He does not say of himself here. That he was not justified :
or, that he did not know it : but only, That though he had a
conscience void of offence, yet this did not justify him before
God. And must not every believer say the same? This, there-
fore, is Avide of the point.
Q. 8. But does he not disclaim any such assurance in those
words, " I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much
trembling"? 1 Cor. ii. 3.
A. By no means. For these words do not imply any fear
either of death or hell. They express only a deep sense of his
utter insufiiciency for the great work wherein he was engaged.
Q. 9. However, does he not exclude Christians in general
from such an assurance, when he bids them "work out their
salvation with fear and trembling"? Phil. ii. 12.
A. No more than from love; which is always joined with filial
fear and reverential trembling.
And the same answer is applicable to all those texts which
exhort a believer to fear.
Q. 10. But does not matter of fact prove, that justifying faith
does not necessarily imply assurance ? For can you believe that
such a person as J. A. or E. V., who have so much integrity,
zeal, and fear of God, and walk so unblameably in all things, is
void of justifying faith? Can you suppose such as these to be
under the wrath and under the curse of God? Especially if you
add to this, that they are continually longing, striving, praying
for the assurance which they have not ?
A. This contains the very strength of the cause ; and some-
times inclines us to think that some of these may be exempt
cases. But, however that be, we answer : —
1. It is dangerous to ground a general doctrine on a few
particular experiments.
2. Men may have many good tempers, and a blameless life,
(speaking in a loose sense,) by nature and habit, with preventing
grace; and yet not have faith and the love of God.
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3. It is scarce possible for us to know all the circumstances
relating to such persons, so as to judge certainly concerning
them.
4. But this we know, If Christ is not revealed in them, they
are not yet Christian believers.
Q. 11. But what will become of them then, suppose they die
in this state ?
A. That is a supposition not to be made.
They cannot die in this state. They must go backward or
forward. If they continue to seek, they will surely find
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. We are
confirmed in this belief by the many instances we have seen
of such as these finding peace at the last hour. And it is not
impossible but others may then be made partakers of like
precious faith, and yet go hence without giving any outward
proof of the change which God hath wrought.
CONVERSATION THE FIFTH.
WEDNESDAY, I7th.
Q. 1. How much is allowed by our brethren who differ from
us, with regard to entire sanctification ?
A. They grant, 1. That everyone must be entirely sanctified,
in the article of death :
2. That till then, a believer daily grows in grace, comes nearer
and nearer to perfection :
3. That we ought to be continually pressing after this, and to
exhort all others so to do.
Q. 2. What do we allow them?
A. We grant, 1. That many of those who have died in the
faith, yea, the greater part of those we have known, were not
sanctified throughout, not made perfect in love, till a little
before death :
2. That the term "sanctified^' is continually applied by St.
Paul to all that were justified — were true believers :
3. That by this term alone, he rarely (if ever) means, saved
from all sin :
4. That, consequently, it is not proper to use it in this sense,
without adding the word " wholly,^' " entirely," or the like :
5. That the inspired writers almost continually speak of or to
those who were justified ; but very rarely, either of or to those
who were wholly sanctified :
6. That, consequently, it behoves us to speak in public almost
continually of the state of justification; but more rarely, at least
in full and explicit terms, concerning entire sanctification.
Q. 3. What, then, is the point wherein we divide?
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A. It is tliis : Whether we should expect to be saved from all
sin^ before the article of death ?
Q. 4. Is there any clear Scripture promise of this? That
God will save us from all sin ?
A. There is. "He shall redeem Israel from all his sins."
Psalm cxxx, 8.
This is more largely expressed in the prophecy of Ezekiel :
"Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be
clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I
cleanse you. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses,"
Chap, xxxvi. 25, 29. No promise can be more clear. And to this
the Apostle plainly refers in that exhortation, — " Having these
promises, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh
and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." 2 Cor. vii. 1.
Equally clear and express is that ancient promise, — " The Lord
thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to
love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul." Dent. xxx. 6.
Q. 5. But does any assertion answerable to this occur in the
New Testament?
A. There does, and that laid down in the plainest terms.
So St. John, iii. 8 : " For this purpose the Son of God was mani-
fested, that He might destroy the works of the devil." The works
of the devil, without any limitation or restriction : but all sin is
the work of the devil. Parallel to which is that assertion of St.
Paul : " Christ loved the church, and gave Himself for it ; that
He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having
spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing ; but that it should be holy
and without blemish." Eph. v. 25, 27.
And to the same effect is his assertion in the eighth of the
Romans, ver. 3, 4 : " God sent His Son that the righteous-
ness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit."
Q. 6. Does the New Testament aflbrd any farther ground for
expecting to be saved from all sin?
A. Undoubtedly it does, both in those prayers and commands
which are equivalent to the strongest assertions.
Q. 7. What prayers do you mean ?
A. Prayers for entire sanctification ; which, were there no
such thing, would be mere mockery of God. Such, in particular,
are, 1. "Deliver us from evil;" or, rather, from the evil one.
Now, when this is done, when we are delivered from all evil,
there can be no sin remaining. 2. " Neither pray I for these
alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their
word : that they all may be one, as Thou, Father, art in Me,
and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us. I in them, and
Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one." John
xvii. 20, 21, 23.
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3. "I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ that He would grant you that ye, being rooted and
grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what
is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the
love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled
with all the fulness of God/' Eph. iii. 14, 16—19. 4. "The
very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; and I pray God your
whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ/' 1 Thess. v. 23.
Q. 8. What command is there to the same effect?
A. 1. "Be ye perfect, as your Father which is in heaven is
perfect." Matt. v. ult.
2. " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." Matt. xxii. 37. But
if the love of God fill all the heart, there can be no sin there.
Q. 9. But how does it appear that this is to be done before
the article of death ?
A. First, from the very nature of a command, which is not
given to the dead, but to the living.
Therefore, " Thou shalt love God with all thy heart," cannot
mean, Thou shalt do this when thou diest, but while thou
livest.
Secondly, from express texts of Scripture :
1. "The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared
to all men; teaching us that, having renounced (apv»](rajaevo<)
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, right-
eously, and godly, in this present world : looking for the
glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ; who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us
from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works." Titus ii. 11 — 14.
2. " He hath raised up an horn of salvation for us to perform
the mercy promised to our fathers the oath which He sware to
our father Abraham, that He would grant unto us, that we being
delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve Him
without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him, all the
days of our life." Luke i. 69, &c.
Q. 10. Is there any example in Scripture of persons who had
attained to this ?
A. Yes. St. John, and all those of whom he says in his first
Epistle, ch. iv. ver. 17 : " Herein is our love made perfect, that we
may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as He is, so
are we in this world."
Q. 11. But why are there not more examples of this kind
recorded in the New Testament ?
A. It does not become us to be peremptory in this matter.
One reason might possibly be, because the Apostles wrote to the
church while it was in a state of infancy. Therefore they might
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mention sucli persons the more sparingly, lest they should give
strong meat to babes.
Q. 12. Can you show one such example now? Where is he
that is thus perfect?
A. To some who make this inquiry, one might answer, If I
knew one here, I would not tell you. For you do not inquire
out of love. You are like Herod. You only seek the young
child to slay it.
But more directly we answer, There are numberless reasons
why there should be few (if any indisputable) examples. What
inconveniences would this bring on the person himself, set as a
mark for all to shoot at? What a temptation would it be to
others, not only to men who knew not God, but to believers
themselves ? How hardly would they refrain from idolizing such
a person? And yet, how unprofitable to gainsayers? For if
they hear not Moses and the Prophets, Christ and His Apostles,
neither would they be persuaded, though one rose from the
dead.
Q. 13. Suppose one had attained to this, would you advise
him to speak of it ?
A. Not to them who know not God. It would only provoke
them to contradict and blaspheme. Nor to any without some
particular reason, without some particular good in view. And
then they should have an especial care to avoid all appearance
of boasting ; and to speak more loudly and convincingly by their
lives, than they can do by their tongues.
Q. 14. Is it a sin, not to believe those who say they have
attained ?
A. By no means, even though they said true. We ought not
hastily to believe, but to suspend our judgment, till we have full
and strong proof.
Q. 15. But are we not apt to have a secret distaste to any who
say they are saved from all sin?
A. It is very possible we may; and that on several grounds:
partly from a concern for the honour of God, and the good of
souls, who may be hurt, yea, or turned out of the way, if these
are not what they profess : partly from a kind of implicit envy
at those who speak of higher attainments than our own : and
partly from our slowness and unreadiness of heart, to believe the
works of God.
Q. 16. Does not the harshly preaching perfection tend to
bring believers into a kind of bondage, or slavish fear ?
A. It does. Therefore we should always place it in the most
amiable light, so that it may excite only hope, joy, and desire.
Q. 17. Why may we not continue in the joy of faith even till
we are made perfect ?
A. Why indeed ? Since holy grief does not quench this joy :
since even while we are under the cross, while we deeply partake
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of the sufferings of Christ, we may rejoice with joy unspeak-
able.
Q. 18. Do we not discourage believers from rejoicing ever-
more?
A. We ought not so to do. Let them all their life long
rejoice unto God, so it be with reverence. And even if lightness
or pride should mix with their joy, let us not strike at the joy
itself, (this is the gift of God,) but at that lightness or pride,
that tlie evil may cease, and the good remain.
Q. 19. Ought we to be anxiously careful about perfection?
Lest we should die before we have attained ?
A. In no wise. We ought to be thus careful for nothing,
neither spiritual nor temporal.
Q. 20. But ought we not to be troubled, on account of the
sinful nature which still remains in us ?
A. It is good for us to have a deep sense of this, and to be
much ashamed before the Lord. But this should only incite us
the more earnestly to turn unto Christ every moment, and to
draw light, and life, and strength from Him, that we may go on,
conquering and to conquer. And therefore, when the sense of
our sin most abounds, the sense of His love should much more
abound.
Q. 21. Will our joy or our trouble increase, as we grow in
grace ?
A. Perhaps both. But without doubt our joy in the Lord
will increase as our love increases.
Q. 22. Is not the teaching believers to be continually poring
upon their inbred sin, the ready way to make them forget that
they were purged from their former sins ?
A. We find by experience, it is; or to make them under-
value, and account it a little thing ; whereas, indeed, (though
there are still greater gifts behind,) this is inexpressibly great
and glorious.
MINUTES OF SOME LATE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE
REV. MR, WESLEYS AND OTHERS.
MONDAY, June 25, 1744.
First, it ivas inquired,
Whether any of our Lay Brethren should be present at the
Conference?
And it was agreed. To invite, from time to time, such of
them as we should judge proper.
It was then asked. Which of them shall we invite to-day?
And the answer was.
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Thomas Richards, Thomas Maxfield, John Bennet, and John
Downes ; who were accordingly brought in.
Then was read as follows : —
It is desired, That all things be considered as in the immediate
presence of God :
That we may meet with a single eye, and as little children
who have everything to learn :
That every point may be examined from the foundation :
That every person may speak freely what is in his heart : and
That every question proposed may be fully debated, and
"bolted to the bran.''
The first preliminary question was then proposed ; namely.
How far does each of us agree to submit to the unanimous
judgment of the rest?
It was answered. In speculative things each can only submit
so far as his judgment shall be convinced.
In every practical point, so far as we can without wounding
our several consciences.
To the second preliminary question, namely, How far should
any of us mention to others what may be mentioned here ? It
was replied.
Not one word which may be here spoken of persons should
be mentioned elsewhere.
Nothing at all, unless so far as we may be convinced the
glory of God requires it.
And from time to time we will consider on each head. Is it
for the glory of God, that what we have now spoken should be
mentioned again ?
On THURSDAY, June 28,
Were considered other points of discipline : the substance of
the questions and answers were as follows : —
Q. 1. How are the people divided who desire to be under
your care ?
A, Into the United Societies, the Bands, the Select Societies,
and the Penitents.
Q. 3. How do these differ from each other?
A. The United Societies (which are the largest of all) consist
of awakened persons : part of these, who are supposed to have
remission of sins, are more closely united in the Bands. Those
of the Bands who seem to walk in the light of God compose the
Select Societies ; those of them who are for the present fallen
from grace meet apart as Penitents.
Q. 3. What are the Rules of the United Societies?
A, Those that follow. (Then they were read.)
Q. 4. What are the Rules of the Bands ?
A. They are these. (Which were read and considered.)
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Q. 5. What are the Rules of the Select Societies?
A. The same : and these three,
1. Let nothing spoken in this Society be spoken again; no,
not even to the members of it.
2. Every member agrees absolutely to submit to his Minister
in all indifferent things.
3. Every member, till we can have all things common, will
bring once a week, bond fide, all he can spare toward a common
stock.
Q. 6. Are there any peculiar Rules for the Penitents ?
A. Not yet.
Q. 7. What officers belong to these Societies ?
A. The Ministers, Assistants, Stewards, Leaders of Bands,
Leaders of Classes, Visiters of the Sick, School-Masters,
Housekeepers.
Q. 8. What is the office of a Minister?
A. To watch over the souls whom God commits to his charge,
as he that must give account.
Q. 9. What is it to be moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon
yourself this office ?
A. It can mean no less than to be immediately convinced by
the Spirit of God that this is His will.
Q. 10. Is field-preaching unlawful?
A. We do not conceive that it is contrary to any law, either
of God or man. Yet (to avoid giving any needless offence) we
never preach without doors, when we can with conveniency preach
within.
Q. 11. Where should we endeavour to preach most?
A. 1, Where we can preach in the church:
2. Where there is an open door, quiet and willing hearers :
3. Where there is the greatest increase of souls.
Q. 12. What is the best way of spreading the Gospel?
A. To go a little and little farther from London, Bristol, St.
Ives, Newcastle, or any other Society. So a little leaven would
spread with more effect, and less noise ; and help would always
be at hand.
Q. 13. What is the best general method in preaching?
A. 1. To invite. 2. To convince. 3. To offer Christ. Lastly,
To build up, and to do this (in some measure) in every sermon.
FRIDAY, June 29. fVe considered,
Q. 1. Are Lay Assistants allowable?
A. Only in cases of necessity.
Q. 2. What is the office of our Assistants ?
A. In the absence of the Minister to feed and guide, to teach
and govern the flock.
1. To expound every morning and evening.
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2. To meet the United Societies, the Bands^ the Select
Societies, and the Penitents every week.
3. To visit the classes once a quarter.
4. To hear and decide all differences.
5. To put the disorderly back on trial, and to receive on trial
for the Bands or Society.
6. To see that the Stewards, the Leaders, School-Masters, and
Housekeepers faithfully discharge their several offices.
7. To meet the Leaders of the Bands and Classes weekly, and
the Stewards, and to overlook their accounts.
Q. 3. What are the Rules of an Assistant ?
A. 1. Be diligent; never be unemployed a moment. Never
be trifiingly employed. Never while away time. Neither spend
any moi^e time at any place than is strictly necessary.
2. Be serious. Let your motto be, " Holiness to the Lord."
Avoid all lightness as you would avoid hell-fire; and laughing
as you would cursing and swearing.
3. Converse sparingly and cautiously with women.
4. Take no step toward marriage without first acquainting us,
5. Believe evil of no one. If you see it done, well. Else
take heed how you credit it. Put the best construction on
everything. You know, the Judge is always supposed to be on
the prisoner's side.
6. Speak evil of no one. Else your word especially Avould
eat as doth a canker. Keep your thoughts within your own
breast, till you come to the person concerned.
7. Tell everyone what you think wrong in him, and that
plainly, and as soon as may be. Else it will fester in your
heart. Make all haste to cast the fire out of your bosom.
8. Do nothing as a gentleman. You have no more to do with
this character than with that of a dancing-master. You are the
servant of all. Therefore,
9. Be ashamed of nothing but sin : not of fetching wood, if
time permit, or drawing water; not of cleaning your own shoes
or your neighbours\
10. Take no money of anyone. If they give you food when
you are hungry, or clothes when you need them, it is good.
But not silver or gold. Let there be no pretence to say, we
grow rich by the Gospel.
11. Contract no debts without our knowledge.
12. Be punctual. Do everything exactly at the time. And
in general; do not mend our rules, but keep them; not for
wrath, but for conscience sake.
13. Act in all things not according to your own will, but as a
son in the Gospel. As such, it is your part to employ your time
in that manner which we direct : partly in visiting the flock
from house to house, (the sick in particular,) partly, in such a
course of reading, meditation, and prayer, as we advise from
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time to time. Above all, if you labour with us in our Lord^s
vineyard, it is needful you should do that part of the work which
we direct, at those times and places which ^^e judge most for His
glory.
Q. 4. Should our Assistants keep journals?
A. By all means, as well for our satisfaction as for the profit
of their own souls.
Q. 5. With whom should we correspond ? When?
A. Once a month, with each Assistant, and with some one
other person (at least) in each Society.
Q. 6. How shall we exclude formality from prayer and
conversation ?
A. 1 . By preaching frequently on that head.
2. By watching always, that we may speak only what we feel.
Q. 7. Is it lawful to bear arms ?
A. We incline to think it is ; 1. Because there is no command
against it in the New Testament. 2. Because Cornelius, a
soldier, is commended there, and not mentioned to have laid
them down.
Q. 8. Is it lawful to use the law ?
A. As defendant, doubtless ; and perhaps as plaintiff in some
cases : seeing Magistrates are an ordinance of God.
Bristol, THURSDAY, August 1, 1745.
It was inquired,
Q. 1. Should we still consider ourselves as little children,
who have everything to learn ?
A. Yes, so far as to have our minds always open to any farther
light which God may give us.
Q. 2. What general method may we observe in our following
Conferences ?
A. First, To read and weigh at every Conference each article
of those preceding : Secondly, To speak freely, and calmly hear,
touching each ; that we may either retract, amend, or enlarge it.
Q. 3. Should not the time of this Conference be a time of
particular watching and self-denial ?
A. It should.
Q. 4. Should we not desire all who can of the Society to join
with us to-morrow in fasting and prayer ?
A. We will desire them so to do.
Q. 5. Ought not every point which shall be proposed to be
examined from the foundation ?
A. Without question it ought. If there was any defect herein
at the last Conference, let us amend it now.
Q. 6. How can we effectually provide that everyone may
speak freely whatever is in his heart ?
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A. By taking care to check no one, either by word or look,
even though he should say what is quite wrong.
Q. 7. How shall we provide that every point may be fully
debated, and throughly settled?
A. Let us beware of making haste, or of showing or indulging
any impatience, whether of delay or of contradiction.
On SATURDAY, August 3,
Were considered points of discipline.
Q. 1. Can he be a spiritual governor of the church, who is
not a believer, not a member of it ?
A. It seems not : though he may be a governor in outward
things, by a power derived from the King,
Q. 2. What are properly the laws of the Church of England ?
A. The Kubricks : and to those we submit, as the ordinance
of man, for the Lord^s sake.
Q. 3. But is not the will of our governors a law?
A. No; not of any governor, temporal or spiritual. There-
fore if any Bishop wills that I should not pi^each the Gospel, his
will is no law to me.
Q. 4. But what if he produce a law against your preaching ?
A. I am to obey God rather than man.
Q. 5. Is Episcopal, Presbyterian, or Independent church-
government most agreeable to reason ?
A. The plain origin of church-government seems to be this.
Christ sends forth a Preacher of the Gospel. Some who hear
him repent and believe the Gospel. They then desire him to
watch over them, to build them up in the faith, and to guide
their souls in the paths of righteousness.
Here, then, is an Independent congregation; subject to no
Pastor but their own, neither liable to be controlled in things
spiritual, by any other man, or body of men, whatsoever.
But soon after, some from other parts, who are occasionally
present while he speaks in the name of Him that sent him,
beseech him to come over to help them also. Knowing it to be
the will of God, he consents. Yet not till he has conferred with
the wisest and holiest of his congregation, and with their advice
appointed one or more, who has gifts and grace, to watch over
the flock till his return.
If it please God to raise another flock in the new place, before
he leaves them, he does the same thing : appointing one whom
God has fitted for the work to watch over these souls also. In
like manner, in every place where it pleases God to gather a
little flock by his word, he appoints one in his absence to take
the oversight of the rest, and to assist them of the ability which
God giveth. These are Deacons, or servants of the church, and
look on the first Pastor as their common father. And all these
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congregations regard him in the same light, and esteem him
still as the shepherd of their souls.
These congreo;ations are not absolutely independent : they
depend on one Pastor, though not on each other.
As these congregations increase, and as their Deacons grow
in years and grace, they need other subordinate Deacons, or
helpers : in respect of whom they may be called Presbyters, or
Elders ; as their father in the Lord may be called the Bishop,
or Overseer of them all.
Q. 6. Is mutual consent absolutely necessary between the
Pastor and his flock ?
A. No question. I cannot guide any soul, unless he consent
to be guided by me. Neither can any soul force me to guide
him, if I consent not.
Q. 7. Does the ceasing of this consent on either side dissolve
that relation ?
A. It must, in the very nature of things. If a man no longer
consent to be guided by me, I am no longer his guide ; I am
free. If one will not guide me any longer, I am free to seek
one who will.
Q. 8. But is the shepherd free to leave his sheep, or the
sheep to leave their shepherd ?
A. Yes; if one or the others are convinced it is for the glory
of God, and the superior good of their souls.
Q. 9. How shall we treat those who leave us ?
A. 1. Beware of all sharpness, or bitterness, or resentment.
2. Talk with them once or twice at least. 3. If they persist in
their design, consider them as dead. And name them not,
unless in prayer.
Q. 10. Can I attend any more Societies than I do? seeing
this would imply the spending less time with the rest.
A. It seems not : at least till the Societies already founded
are more established in grace.
Q. 11. May we not make a trial, especially in Wales and
Coi'nwall, of preaching, without settling any Societies?
A. It might be well : and by this means we may preach in
every large town where a door is open.
Q. 12. Should we permit any serious person to be present
when one of our Societies meets ?
A. At some times we may, if he particularly desire it : but
not always ; nor the same person frequently.
Q. 13. Have we borne a sufficient witness to the truth?
Particularly when attacked by the Clergy ?
A. Perhaps not. We have generally been content with
standing on the defensive.
Q. 14. May not this cowardice have hindered the work of
God ? And have caused us to feel less of His power ?
A. Very probably it may.
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Q. 15. How shall we act in such cases for the time to come?
A. Not only refute, but retort the charge. Their mouths
must be stopped, (only in meekness and love,) and the eyes of
others opened.
Q. 16. Is it expedient for us to converse more with the
Clergy ?
A. Yes ; wherever they are willing we should.
Q. 17. With our chief opposers or persecutors ?
A. It might do good; 1. When they make any overtures
toward it. 2. When we can take them unawares, and converse
with them alone.
Q. 18. National sins call aloud for national judgments. What
shall we do to prevent them ?
A. The first Friday in every month, at least, speak expressly
on this head ; and insist on the necessity of a general repentance,
to prevent a general scourge.
Q. 19. Should we talk of persecution before it comes?
A. To talk or think before, of any particular persecution, only
weakens our hands. And how long the general persecution
may be deferred, God only knows.
It was next inquired with regard to our Assistants,
Q. 1. Should any other Hule be added to the Twelve?
A. Only this : "You have nothing to do but to save souls.
Therefore spend and be spent in this work. And go always,
not only to those who want you, but to those who want you
most.-'^
Q. 2. Who are our present Assistants?
A. Jonathan Ueeves, James Wheatlej^, John Nelson, John
Bennet, John Trembath, Francis Walker, Thomas Richards,
John Dovvnes, Tiiomas Westell, James Jones, Samuel Larwood,
Henry Millard, Thomas Maxfield, Thomas Meyrick.
Q. 3. What general method of spending their time may our
Assistants have?
A. They may spend the mornings (from six to twelve) in
reading, writing, and prayer : from twelve to five, visit the sick
and well : and from five to six use private prayer.
Q. 4. Can I travel less, in order to write more ?
A. As yet it does not seem advisable.
Q. 5. How shall we order our correspondence at home and
abroad ?
A. 1. Fix whom to correspond with monthly, in every place.
2. Divide them betweeii my brother and me. 3. Send them
notice in every place.
Q. 6. W hat books should we keep for our own use, at London,
Bristol, and Newcastle ?
A. Those that follow : —
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I. Divinity, Practical. 1 .
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
II. Physic.
Doctrinal. 1,
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
4.
III. Natural Philoso-
phy.
IV. Astronomy.
V. History.
VI. Poetry.
VII. Latin Prose.
Verse.
VIII. Greek Prose.
Greek Verse.
Hebrew.
The Bible.
Our Tracts.
Boehm^s ) c?
^x 1 , y Sermons.
JNalson s j
Frank's Works.
Pascal's Thoughts.
Heylin's Tracts.
Bishop Beveridge's Private
Thoughts.
Bishop Pearson on the Creed.
Bishop Fell on the Epistles.
Dr. Gell's Works.
Drake's Anatomy.
Quincy's Dispensatory.
Allen's Synopsis.
Dr. Cheyne's Works.
Nature Delineated.
Miller's Gardener's Dictionary
Abridged.
Whiston's Astronom. Principles.
Universal History.
Spenser.
Milton.
Sallust. 2. Csesar. 3. Corn. Nep.
Veil. Paterculus. Littleton's
Dictionary.
Tullii. Philosophica, and De Offi-
ciis.
Cypriani Opera.
Castellio's Dialogues.
Erasmi Selecta.
Austin's Confessions.
Terence. 2. Virgil.
Selecta Horatii. Juv. Pers. Mart.
Vida. 5. Casirair. 6. Buchanan.
Greek Test. Hederici Lexicon.
Plato's Select Dialogues.
Xenophon's Cyropsedia.
Epictetus.
Antoninus de se ipso.
Ignatius, &c.
Ephraim Syrus.
Macarius. Chrysost. de Sacerd.
Homer's Iliad.
Epigrammatum Delectus.
Duport's Job, &c.
The Bible. Buxtorf.
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MONDAY, May 12, 1746.
It was inquired,
Q. 1. Who are the properest persons to be present at any
Conference of this nature ?
A. 1. As many of the Preachers as conveniently can; 2. The
most earnest and most sensible of the Baud-Leaders where the
Conference is ; and, 3. Any pious and judicious stranger who
may be occasionally in the place.
Q. 2. Might it not be useful to read over one or more of our
tracts at each Conference?
A. Doubtless it might ; were it only to correct what is amiss^
and explain what is obscure in each.
On WEDNESDAY, Uth,
Were considered points relating to discipline.
Q. 1. When the Pastor of a congregation dies, who has the
right of choosing another ?
A. Without all doubt, the congregation itself, whom none
can feed or guide without their own consent.
Q. 2. What is the scriptural notion of an Apostle ?
A. One who is sent of God to convert Heathens.
Q. 3. How many Apostles were there in the first church?
A. A great number, besides those twelve who were eminently
so called. Thus St. Paul, speaking of our Lord after His
resurrection, saith, " He was seen of Cephas, then of the
twelve : after that of above five hundred brethren at once.
Then of all the Apostles.^' 1 Cor. xv. 5—7.
Q. 4. What is the New Testament notion of a Prophet ?
A. A builder up of the faithful.
Q. 5. In what view are we and our Helpers to be
considered ?
A, Perhaps as extraordinary messengers, designed of God to
provoke the others to jealousy.
Q. 6. Do you not slide insensibly into taking state upon
yourselves ? Or lording it over God's heritage ?
A. 1. We are not conscious to ourselves that we do: 2. But
there is a continual danger : therefore, 3. We cannot be too
jealous lest we should : and, 4. We will thank any who warn
us against it.
Q. 7. How shall we be more easy of access ?
A. Let any speak to us, after preaching, morning or evening.
Q. 8. How shall we try those who beheve they are moved by
the Holy Ghost, and called of God to preach ?
A. Inquire, 1. Do they know in whom they have believed?
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Have they the love of God in their hearts ? Do they desire
and seek nothing but God ? And are they holy in all manner
of conversation ?
2. Have they gifts (as well as grace) for the work ? Have
they (in some tolerable degree) a clear, sound understanding?
Have they a right judgment in the things of God ? Have they
a just conception of salvation by faith? And has God given
them any degree of utterance ? Do they speak justly, readily,
clearly ?
3. Have they success ? Do they not only so speak as
generally either to convince or affect the hearers ? But have
any received remission of sins by their preaching? A clear and
lasting sense of the love of God ?
As long as these three marks undeniably concur in any, we
allow him to be called of God to preach.
These we receive as sufficient reasonable evidence, that he is
moved thereto by the Holy Ghost.
Q. 9. But how shall we know, in the case of a particular
person, whether there is this evidence or no ?
A. 1. We will send one of our Helpers to hear him preach,
and to talk with him on the preceding heads.
2. We will hear him preach and talk with him ourselves.
3. We will examine throughly those who think they have
received remission of sins by his preaching.
4. We will desire him to relate or to write down the reasons
why he believes he is called of God to preach.
5. We will desire the congregation to join with us in fasting
and prayer, that we may judge and act according to the will of
God.
Q. 10. Should we not use the same method of fasting and
prayer on other occasions also ?
A. Without doubt we should use it, 1. At the receiving any
fellow-labourer in our Lord's vineyard. 2. At going ourselves,
or sending any, to a new place. 3. Before publishing any book.
Q. 11. Why do we not use more form and solemnity in the
receiving a new labourer ?
A. We purposely decline it. 1. Because there is something
of stateliness in it. 2. Because we would not make haste.
We desire barely to follow Providence, as it gradually opens.
Q. 12. Are there any of our Assistants whom we might
employ more than the rest ? In what instances ?
A. There are. We may employ some, 1. In visiting the
classes at each place. 2. In writing lists of the Societies and
Bands there. 3. In delivering new tickets, where we cannot do
it ourselves. 4. In holding lovefeasts, where needful.
Q. 13. Is there any prudential help for greater watchfulness
and recollection which our Assistants might use ?
A. We believe it would be an inconceivable help if they kept
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a journal of every hour. The manner of doing it they may
learn in a few minutes by looking at one of the journals we
kept at Oxford.
Q. 14. In what light should your Assistants consider them-
selves ?
A. As learners rather than teachers : as young students at
the University : for whom^ therefore, a method of study is
expedient in the highest degree.
Q. 15. What method would you advise them to?
A. We would advise them, 1. Always to rise at four.
2. From four to five iu the morning, and from five to six in the
evening, partly to use meditation and private prayer, partly to
read the Scripture, (two or three verses, or one or two chapters,)
partly some close, practical book of divinity. In particular,
The Life of God in the Soul of Man, Kempis, the Pilgrim's
Progress, Mr. Law's Tracts, Bishop Beveridge's Private
Thoughts, Heylin's Devotional Tracts, the Life of Mr. Haly-
burton, and M. De Renty. 3. From six in the morning (allow-
ing one hour for breakfast) to twelve, to read in order, slowly,
and with much prayer. Bishop Pearson on the Creed, Bishop
Fell on the Epistles, Mr. Boehm's and Mr. Nalson's Sermons,
Mr. Pascal's Thoughts, our other tracts and poems, Milton's
Paradise Lost, Cave and Fleury's Primitive Christianity, and
Mr. Echard's Ecclesiastical History.
Q. 16. Have we in anything altered our manner of preaching
for the worse since we set out ?
A. Perhaps we do not preach so much concerning the blood
of atonement as we did at first.
Q. 17. What inconvenience is there in speaking much of the
wrath and little of the love of God ?
A. It generally hardens them that believe not, and discou-
rages them that do.
Q. 18. What sermons do we find by experience to be attended
with the greatest blessing ?
A. 1. Such as are most close, convincing, particular; 2. Such
as have most of Christ, the Priest, the Atonement ; 3. Such as
urge the heinousness of men's living in contempt or ignorance
of Him.
THURSDAY, May 15.
Q. 1. What is a sufficient call of Providence to a new place?
suppose to Edinburgh or Dublin ?
A. 1. An invitation from some one that is worthy; from a
serious man, fearing God, who has a house to receive us. 2. A
probability of doing more good by going thither, than by
staying longer where we are.
Q. 2. Ought we not diligently to observe in what place God
is pleased to pour out His Spirit more abundantly ?
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A. We ought, and at that time, to send more labourers than
usual into that part of the harvest : as, at this time, into
Yorkshire, and the country round Coleford.
Q. 3. How can we add a proper solemnity to the admission
of new members into the Bands or the United Society?
A. 1. Admit new members into the Bands at London,
Bristol, and Newcastle, only once a quarter, at the general love-
feast. 2. Read the names of the men to be admitted on the
Wednesday, of the women on the Sunday before. 3. Admit
into the Society only on the Thursday or Sunday following the
quarterly visitation of the classes. 4. Read the names of those
to be admitted on the Tuesday and Thursday or Sunday
evening before. 5. The first time that anyone (on trial) meets a
class, let the Rules of the Society be given him. 6. And let
them be publicly read on the Thursday or Sunday after every
admission of new members. 7. Then, also, let the names of
those be read who are excluded from the Society.
Q. 4. How shall we guard more effectually against formality
in public singing ?
A. 1. By the careful choice of hymns proper for the congre-
gation. 2. In general by choosing hymns of praise or prayer,
rather than descriptive of particular states. 3. By not singing
too much ; seldom a whole hymn at once ; seldom more than
five or six verses at a time. 4. By suiting the tunes to the
hymns. 5. By often stopping short, and asking the people,
" Now, do you know what you said last ? Did it suit your
case ? Did you sing it as to God ? With the spirit and with
the understanding also ? "
Q. 5. Should we insist more on people's going to church ?
Shall we set them the example at Bristol ?
A. We will make a trial of the effects of it by going to St.
James's every Wednesday and Friday.
Q. 6. How shall we be more recollected and more useful in
conversation ?
A. 1. Plan every conversation before you begin. 2. Watch
and pray during the time, that your mind be not dissipated.
3. Spend two or three minutes every hour in solemn prayer.
4. Strictly observe the morning and evening hour of retirement.
Q. 7. How are your Circuits now divided ?
A. Into seven. 1. London (which includes Surrey, Kent,
Essex, Brentford, Egham, Windsor, Wycombe). 2. Bristol
(which includes Somersetshire, Portland, Wilts, Oxfordshire,
Gloucestershire). 3. Cornwall. 4. Evesham (which includes
Shrewsbury, Leominster, Hereford, and from Stroud to Wed-
nesbury). 5. Yorkshire (which includes Cheshire, Lancashire,
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutlandshire, and Lincolnshire),
6, Newcastle. 7. Wales.
Q. 8. Who are our present Assistants ?
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A. Jonathan Beeves, John Bennet, John Haughton, John
Nelson, James Wheatley, John Trembath, Thomas Westell,
Thomas Bichards, John Downes, Thomas Meyrick, Thomas
Maxfield, Prancis Walker. Perhaps James Jones, Samuel
Larwood, Joseph Cowuley.
Q. 9. Can we be of any farther use to the Moravians ?
A. Perhaps by writing to the Count.
Q. 10. To whom should we give copies of our Conferences ?
A. Only to those who Avere or might have been present.
Q. 11. To whom should we read them?
A. To the Stewards and Leaders of Bands, the Sunday and
Thursday following the Conference.
MONDAY, June 15, 1747.
Q. 1. Which of our brethren shall we invite to be present at
this Conference ?
A. John Jones, Thomas Maxfield, Jonathan Beeves, John
Nelson, John Bennet, John Downes, Thomas Crouch, Bobert
Swindells, and John Maddern : who were accordingly
brought in.
Q. 2. How may the time of this Conference be made more
eminently a time of prayer, watching, and self-denial ?
A. 1. While we are in Conference, let us have an especial
care to set God always before us.
2. In the intermediate hours, let us visit none but the sick ;
and spend all our time that remains in retirement,
3. Let us then give ourselves unto prayer for one another,
and for the blessing of God upon this our labour.
Q. 3. Should we at every Conference read over all the
Conferences we have had from the beginning?
A. Only that immediately preceding ; and so much of the
rest as we may find needful from time to time.
Q. 4. In our first Conference it was agreed to examine every
point from the foundation. Have we not been some way
fearful of doing this? What were we afraid of? Of overturn-
ing our first principles ?
A. Whoever was afraid of this, it was a vain fear. For if
they are true, they will bear the strictest examination. If they
are false, the sooner they are overturned the better. Let us all
pray for a willingness to receive light ; an invariable desire to
know of every doctrine, whether it be of God.
Q. 5. It was then inquired. How far does each of us agree to
submit to the unanimous judgment of the rest ? And it was
answered. In speculative things, each can only submit so far as
his judgment shall be convinced.
In every practical point, so far as we can without wounding
our several consciences.
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Q. 6. Can a Christian submit any farther than this, to any
man, or number of men, upon earth ?
A. It is undeniably plain he cannot : either to Pope, Council,
Bishop, or Convocation. And this is that grand principle of
every man's right to private judgment, in opposition to implicit
faith in man, on which Calvin, Luther, Melancthon, and all the
ancient Reformers, both at home and abroad, proceeded :
** Every man must think for himself; since every man must give
an account for himself to God.''
Q. 7. Shall each of us read over all the tracts which have
been published before our next Conference ? And write down
every passage we do not approve, or do not fully understand ?
A. Every one answered, in order, "I will endeavour so
to do."
About Ten (Mr. Perronet, Vicar of Shoreham, being added)
we began to consider points of discipline.
Q. 1. What is schism, in the Scripture sense of the word?
A. The word occurs only twice in the New Testament;
namely, 1 Cor. i. 10, where St. Paul exhorts them, that there
may be no schisms among them ; {(r^la-ixaTo. is the word which
we render "divisions;") and ch. xii. 25, "God hath mingled
the body together, having given the more abundant honour to
that part which lacked ; that there may be no schism in the
body," i. e., in the church, the body of Christ.
In both these places the word undeniably means (which, con-
sequently, is the true scriptural notion of schism) a causeless
breach, rupture, or division made among the members of Christ ;
among those who are the living body of Christ, and members in
particular.
Q. 2. Are not the Methodists guilty of making such a
schism ?
A. No more than of rebellion or murder. They do not
divide themselves at all from the living body of Christ. Let
any prove it, if they can.
Q. 3. But do they not divide themselves from the Church of
England ?
A. No. They hold communion therewith now, in the same
manner they did twenty years ago ; and hope to do so to their
lives' end.
Q. 4. You profess to obey both the governors and the rules
of the Church. Yet, in many instances, you do not obey them.
How is this consistent ? Upon what principle do you act, while
you sometimes obey, and sometimes not ?
A. It is entirely consistent. We act at all times on one plain,
uniform principle. " We will obey the rules and the governors
of the Church, whenever we can consistent with our duty to God,
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Whenever we cannot, we will quietly obey God, rather than
man/^
Q. 5. But why do you say, you are "thrust out of the
churches?" Has not every Minister a right to dispose of his
own church?
A. He ought to have, but in fact he has not.
A Minister desires I should preach in his church. But the
Bishop forbids him. That Bishop then injures him, and thrusts
me out of that church.
Q. 6. Does a church in the New Testament always mean " a
single congregation?"
A. We believe it does. We do not recollect any instance to
the contrary.
Q. 7. What instance or ground is there then in the New
Testament for a National Church?
A. We know none at all. We apprehend it to be a merely
political institution.
Q. 8. Are the three orders of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons
plainly described in the New Testament ?
A. We think they are ; and believe they generally obtained in
the churches of the apostolic age.
Q. 9. But are you assured that God designed the same plan
should obtain in all churches, throughout all ages ?
A. We are not assured of this ; because we do not know that
it is asserted in Holy Writ.
Q. 10. If this plan were essential to a Christian church, what
mast become of all the foreign Reformed Churches?
A. It would follow, they are no parts of the church of Christ !
A consequence full of shocking absurdity.
Q. 11. In what age was the Divine right of Episcopacy first
asserted in England ?
A. About the middle of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Till then all
the Bishops and Clergy in England continually allowed and joined
in the ministrations of those who were not episcopally ordained.
Q. 12. Must there not be numberless accidental varieties in
the government of various churches ?
A. There must, in the nature of things. For, as God
variously dispenses His gifts of nature, providence, and grace, both
the offices themselves and the officers in each ought to be varied
from time to time.
Q. 13. Why is it, that there is no determinate plan of church-
government appointed in Scripture ?
A. Without doubt, because the wisdom of God had a regard
to this necessary variety.
Q. 14. Was there any thought of uniformity in the govern-:
ment of all churches, imtil the time of Constantino?
A. It is certain there was not ; and would not have been then,
had men consulted the word of God only.
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THURSDAY, June 18.
Q. 1 . Have we not limited field-preaching too much ?
A. It seems we have. 1. Because our calling is^ to save that
which is lost. Now we cannot expect the wanderers from God
to seek us. It is our part to go and seek them.
2. Because we are more peculiarly called^ by going out into
the highways and hedges (which none will do, if we do not) to
compel them to come in.
3. Because that reason against it is not good, " The house
will hold all that come.'^ The house may hold all that will come
to the house, but not all that would come to the field.
4. Because we have always found a greater blessing in field-
preaching, than in any other preaching whatever.
Q. 2. What is "respect of persons?'^ (James ii. 1.)
A. The regarding one person more than another, on account
of some outward circumstances, particularly riches.
Q. 3. Have we not fallen into this, by allowing more of our
time to the rich than to the poor? By not speaking so plain
and home to them? And by admitting them into the Society,
or even the Bands, though they had never received remission of
sins, and had met in no Band at all ?
A, These are instances of such a respect of persons as we will
endeavour to avoid for the time to come.
Q. 4. Would it not be well for the Minister to visit the sick, on
Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ?
A. It seems, no time could be more profitably employed, either
for them or us.
Q. 5. How shall we keep off unworthy communicants?
A.\. By being exactly careful whom we admit into the
Society : and, 2. By giving notes to none but those who come to
us on the days appointed in each quarter.
Q. 6. How shall we thoroughly purge the Bands?
A. 1. In visiting the classes, meet those who are in the Bands,
every morning, before the rest ; and examine them as strictly as
you can, both as to their heart and life.
2. Meet the married men and married women apart, the first
Wednesday and Sunday after each visitation: the single men
and single women apart, on the second Wednesday and Sunday.
Q. 7. Who are our present Assistants ?
A. John Jones, Jonathan Reeves, John Haughton, Joseph
Cownley, James Wheatley, John Nelson, John Trembath, Hobert
Swindells, Thomas Richards, Samuel Larwood, Thomas Westell,
Francis Walker, John Bennet, Thomas Maxfield, John Downes,
Richard Moss, Edward Dunstan, Thomas Meyrick, Richard
Williamson, John Maddern. Perhaps James Jones and Eliezer
Webster.
Q. 8. Who are there, that assist us chiefly in one place ?
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A. Thomas Rawlins^ J. Hathaway, James Rogers, John
Slocomb, Corn. Bastable, John Jane, John Whitford, David
Trathen, John Jenkins, John Spargo, Ant. Lidicot, Steph.
Nichols, John Wheeler, John Osburn, Edw. May, John Bennet,
William Fenwick, Robert Blow, James Skelton, Robert Taylor,
John Brown, Christopher Hopper, Archibald Patten, William
Holmes, William Shent, Matthew Watson, Samuel Appleyard,
William Darney, Francis Scott, Joseph Lee, John Eaton, John
Appleton, John Griffiths, Richard Watts, William Walker, John
Gill, Thomas Crouch, Henry Loyd.
Q. 9. Are our Assistants exemplary in their lives ? Do we
inquire enough into this ?
A. Perhaps not. We should consider each of them who is
with us as a pupil at the University : into whose behaviour and
studies we should therefore make a particular inquiry every day.
Might we not particularly inquire, Do you rise at four? Do
you study in the method laid down at the last Conference? Do
you read the books we advise, and no other ? Do you see the
necessity of regularity in study ? What are your chief tempta-
tions to irregularity ? Do you punctually observe the evening
hour of retirement? Are you exact in writing your journal?
Do you fast on Friday? Do you converse seriously, usefully,
and closely? Do you pray before, and have you a determinate
end in, every conversation ?
Q. 1 0. How often should our Assistants preach ?
A. Never more than twice a day ; unless on a Sunday, or an
extraordinary occasion, of which themselves are to be the judges.
Q. 11. Are there any smaller advices concerning preaching,
which it may be useful for them to observe ?
A. Perhaps these that follow. 1. Be sure to begin and end
precisely at the time appointed.
2. Sing no hymns of your own composing.
3. Endeavour to be serious, weighty, and solemn in your whole
deportment before the congregation.
4. Choose the plainest texts you can.
5. Take care not to ramble from your text, but to keep close
to it, and make out what you undertake.
6. Always suit your subject to your audience.
7. Beware of allegorizing or spiritualizing too much.
8. Take care of anything awkward or affected, either in your
gesture or pronunciation.
9. Tell each other, if you observe anything of this kind.
Q. 12. Is there any part of the work of an Assistant wherein
only some of our Assistants need be employed ?
A. There is. Let those, and those only, to whom we shall
write from time to time, 1. Visit the classes in each place, and
write new lists of all the members. 2. Regulate the Bands.
3. Deliver new tickets. 4. Keep watch-nights and lovefeasts.
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5. Take and send to us an exact account of the behaviour of the
Stewards, Housekeepers, Schoolmasters, and Leaders.
THURSDAY, June 2, 1748.
The following persons being met at the chapel-house in Tower-
Street, London,
John Wesley, Charles Wesley, William Felton, Charles
Manning, Thomas Maxfield, John Jones, Thomas Meyrick,
John Trembath, Edward Perronet, Jonathan Reeves ; and after-
wards,
Richard Thomas Bateman, John Green, and William Tucker :
it was inquired,
Q. 1. What is our chief business at the present Conference?
A. Not to consider points of doctrine, (the time will not permit,)
but, 1. To review those parts of the former Conferences which
relate to discipline; and, 2. To settle all things relating to the
school, which is now to be begun at Kingswood.
Q. 2. We are again pressed " only to preach in as many places
as we can, but not to form any Societies.^' Shall we follow this
advice ?
A. By no means. We have made the trial already. We have
preached for more than a year, without forming Societies, in a
large tract of land, from Newcastle to Berwick-upon-Tweed ; and
almost all the seed has fallen by the way-side. There is scarce
any fruit of it remaining.
Q. 3. But what particular inconveniences do you observe, when
people are not formed into Societies ?
A. These among many others : 1. The Preacher cannot give
proper exhortations and instructions to those who are convinced
of sin, unless he has opportunities of meeting them apart fi'om
the mixed, unawakened multitude.
2. They cannot watch over one another in love, unless they
are thus united together. Nor,
3. Can the believers build up one another, and bear one
another's burdens.
Q. 4. Ought we not to have a larger time of probation for the
rich, before we admit them into our Society ?
A. It seems not. But neither should we have a shorter; let
either rich or poor stay three months.
Q. 5. How may we more effectually avoid respect of persons?
A. 1. Let us take care to visit the poor as much as the rich.
2. Let us strictly examine our hearts, whether we are not more
willing to preach to the rich than to the poor. 3. We will apply
to the poor at the chapel as often as to the rich ; to the latter
chiefly on Wednesday, to the former on Friday.
Q. 6. How often shall we permit strangers to be present at the
meeting of the Society ?
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A. Let every other meeting of the Society, either at the
Found ery, the chapel at Bristol, Kings wood, Newcastle, or else-
where, be inviolably kept private, no one stranger being admitted
on any account or pretence whatsoever. And let public notice
of this be given in every place. On the other nights we may
admit them with caution.
Q. 7. May a relapser into gross sin, showing signs of repent-
ance, be immediately re-admitted into the Society ?
A. Not till after three months. But he may be admitted on
those nights w^herein strangers are admitted.
Q. 8. Are we not apt, particularly in the Society, to make too
long prayers ?
A. It may be we are. There are several exceptions, which
deserve a particular regard. But, in general, we would not
choose to pray above eight or ten minutes without intermission.
Q. 9. What can be done, in order to purge and quicken the
Society ?
A. Let us strictly examine the Leaders, both with regard to
their grace, their gifts, and their manner of meeting their several
classes. 2. Let the Preacher meet the Leaders weekly before
preaching at Wapping, Snowsfields, and Deptford.
Q. 10. If it please God to take our present Ministers away, who
should succeed in their place ?
A. We cannot tell yet. God wiU make it. plain, whenever the
time shall come.
FRIDAY, June 3.
HowEL Harris, Samuel Larwood, James Jones, and William
Shent being added, it was inquired :
Q. 1. W^hat can be done in order to a closer union of our
Assistants with each other ?
A. Let them be deeply convinced of the want there is of it at
present, and of the absolute necessity of it.
2. Let them pray that God would give them earnestly to desire
it ; and then that He would fulfil the desire He hath given.
Q. 2. Ought not the Ministers to have as much confidence as
may be in those who serve as sons in the Gospel ?
A. It is highly expedient they should.
Q. 3. Would it not then be well, that they should be exceeding
unready to believe any evil report concerning them ?
A. They ought not to believe it till they have seen them, or
written to them, and received an answer.
Q. 4. Suppose one of our Assistants should be tempted to
think evil of us, and should mention it to another, ought that
other to mention this to us ?
A. Not if it was spoken only as a temptation. And if he
thinks it a thing of moment, which we ought to know, still it may
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be best to wait a little till he who was under that temptation
comes to town, and then let him speak it himself.
Q. 5. What farther advice can be given to our Assistants, in
order to their confiding in each other ?
A. 1. Let them beware how they despise each other's gifts;
and much more, how they speak anything bordering thereon.
3. Let them never speak slightly of each other in any kind :
And,
3. Let them defend one another's character in every point, to
the uttermost of their power.
4. Let them labour, in honour each to prefer the other to
himself.
Q. 6. What Assistants do we now agree to receive into the
work?
A. Charles Skelton, (from Ireland,) David Trathen and John
Whitford, (of Cornwall,) Thomas Colbeck, William Darney, and
El. Webster, (of Yorkshire,) and WiUiam Tucker.
Q. 7. How shall they avoid all approaches to jealousy and envy
of each other ?
A. Let each examine his own heart, "Am I glad that another
has greater success than me ? " Do I pray that he may be more
blest than myself?
Q. 8. What is popularity ?
A. In cautioning you against it, we mean thereby the gaining
a greater degree of esteem or love from the people than is for the
glory of God.
Q. 9. How can we avoid this ?
A. 1. Earnestly pray for a piercing sense of the danger and
sinfulness of it.
3. Take care how you ingratiate yourself too much with any
people.
3. Or how you do it at all, by slackness of discipline,
4. Or by any method which another cannot follow.
5. Warn the people against esteeming or loving you too much.
6. Converse sparingly with those who are fond of you.
MONDAY, June 6.
The following persons being present at the Foundery, John
Wesley, Charles Wesley, Charles Manning, John Jones, Thomas
Maxfield, Jonathan Reeves, John Bennet, James Jones, Samuel
Larwood, John Trembath, Edward Perronet, Thomas Meyrick,
William Holland, William Shent, William Darney, Eichard
Moss, Howel Harris ; with William Briggs, William Welsh,
Patrick Thompson, (of Newcastle,) Stewards: It was inquired,
Q. 1. How may the Leaders of classes be made more useful?
A. 1. Let each of them be diligently examined concerning
his method of meeting a class.
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2. Let more particular directions be given on those heads in
which many of them have been wanting.
Q. 2. "What directions ?
A. 1. Let every Leader come into the Society Room as soon
as ever service is ended, and there sit down and commune with
God in his heart till the Preacher comes in.
2. Let no Leader go out till the exhortation and the whole
service are ended.
3. Let none speak there but the Preacher or the Stewards,
unless in answer to a question.
4. Let every Leader there give in a note of every sick person,
and of every disorderly walker in his class.
5. Let every Leader send a note to the visiter weekly of
every sick person.
6. Let the Leaders near Short^s- Gardens meet the Preacher
there every Monday night after preaching.
7. Let the Leaders converse with all the Preachers as
frequently and as freely as possible.
8. In meeting classes, let them diligently inquire how every
soul prospers. Not only how each person observes the outward
rules, but how they grow in the knowledge and love of
God.
Q. 3. Can any farther expedient be found for making these
meetings lively and profitable to those who meet?
A. Let us try this. Let us observe what Leaders are most
blessed to those intrusted to their care : and let these meet in
other classes as often as possible, and see what hinders their
growth in grace.
Q. 4. In the country Societies one Preacher has sometimes
undone all which had been done by him who went before.
How shall this be prevented for the time to come ?
A. 1. Let it be contrived as often as may be, that one should
not go before another comes.
2. When this cannot be, let him who leaves any place leave a
written account of what he has done.
Q. 5. How may we profit more by the work of God carried
on in the distant Societies ?
A. Let the Preachers resident in each send a circumstantial
account to the Minister at the Foundery :
First, Of every remarkable conversion.
Secondly, Of every one who dies in the triumph of faith.
Q. 6. How are our Societies divided ?
A. Into nine divisions, thus :
I. London: including, 1. London itself, 2. Kent and Surrey,
3. Essex, 4. Brentford, 5. Windsor, 6. Wycombe, 7. Oxford,
8. Reading, 9. Blewberry, 10. Salisbury.
II. Bristol: including, 1. Bristol itself, 2. Kingswood,
3. Bath, 4. Bearfield, 5. The Devizes, 6. Road, 7. Coleford,
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8. Oakhill, 9. Shepton-Mallet, 10. Middlesey, 11. Beercro-
comb, 12. Taunton, 13. Collumpton.
III. Cornwall: including, 1. Tavistock, 2. Plymouth-Dock,
3. Trewint, 4. St. Tue, 5. Gwennap, 6. St. Agnes, 7. Illogan,
&c., 8. St. Ives, 9. The western Societies.
IV. Ireland: including, 1. Dublin, 2. Tullamore, 3. Tyr-
rel's-Pass, 4. Athlone.
V. Wales: including, 1. Cardiff, 2. Fonmon, 3. Lanmais,
&c., 4. Lantrissent.
VI. Staffordshire: including, 1. Stroud, 2. Cirencester,
3. Stanley, 4. Evesham, 5. Wednesbury, 6. Shrewsbury,
7. Leominster.
VII. Cheshire: including, 1. Cheshire itself, 2. Nottingham,
3. Derbyshire, 4. Lancashire, 5. Sheffield.
VIII. Yorkshire: including, 1. Leeds, 2. Birstal, 3. ^eigh-
ley, 4. Acomb, 5. Syke-house, 6. Epworth, 7. Hainton,
8. Grimsby, 9. The Fens.
IX. Newcastle: including, 1. Osmotherly, 2. Newcastle
itself, 3. Sunderland, 4. Biddick, 5. Burnupfield, 6. Spen,
7. Swalwell, 8. Horsley, 9. Plessy, 10. Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Q. 7. How shall we have a more exact knowledge of the
states of the Societies in each division ?
A. Let the Preacher, assisted by the Steward in each Society,
take an exact list of them every Easter.
2. Let those lists be transmitted, within three weeks after
Easter, to the person appointed in each division to receive
them : 3. Let this person at the same time diligently inform
himself of the spiritual and temporal state of each Society : and,
4. Let him bring those lists with him to the following Con-
ference, and give an account of all.
Q. 8. Would it not be of use if all the Societies were more
firmly and closely united together ?
A. Without doubt it would be much to the glory of God, to
the ease of the Ministers, and to the benefit of the Societies
themselves, both in things spiritual and temporal.
Q. 9. Might not the children in every place be formed into a
little Society?
A. Let the Preachers try by meeting them apart, and giving
them suitable exhortations.
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NOVEMBER 16, ^c, 1749.
Q. Can there be any sucli thing as a general union of our
Societies throughout England?
A. A proposal for this was made some time since. The
substance of it is this : —
" May not all the Societies in England be considered as one
body, united by one spirit ?
"May not that in London, the mother-church, consult for the
good of all the churches ?
"May not the Stewards of this answer letters from all parts;
and give advice, at least in temporals?"
Q. But how can the state of all the Societies be known to the
Stewards in London?
A. Very easily, by means of the Assistant.
Q. Who is the Assistant ?
A. That Preacher in each Circuit who is appointed, from time
to time to take charge of the Societies and the other Preachers
therein.
Q. HoAV should an Assistant be qualified for this charge ?
A. By walking closely with God, and having his work greatly
at heart.
Q. What is the business of an Assistant ?
A.\. To see that the other Preachers in his Circuit behave
well, and want nothing. 2. To visit the classes quarterly in each
place : to regulate the Bands, and deliver new tickets. 3. To
keep watch-nights and lovefeasts. 4. To take in, or put out of
the Bands or Society. 5. To hold Quarterly Meetings, and
therein diligently to inquire both into the spiritual and temporal
state of each Society. 6. To take care that every Society be
duly supplied with books, and that the money for them be
constantly returned. 7. To send from every Quarterly Meeting
a circumstantial account to London, (1.) Of every remarkable
conversion. (2.) Of ever\-one who dies in the triumph of faith.
8. To take exact lists of his Societies every Easter, and transmit
them to London before Whitsuntide. 9. To meet the married
men, the married women, the single men, and the single women
in the large Societies once a quarter. 10. To see that every
Society have a private room, and a set of the Library for the
Helper: and, 11. To travel with me once a year through the
Societies in his Circuit.
Q. How many Circuits are there now?
A. Twelve. 1. London. 2. Bristol. 3. Wiltshire. 4. Corn-
ivall. 5. Staffordshire. 6. Cheshire. 7. Leeds. 8. Haworth.
9. Lincolnshire. 10. Newcastle. W.. Wales. 12. Ireland.
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Q. How vnay the married Preachers be provided for ?
A. 1. Let the Assistant inquire at the Quarterly Meeting
what each Preacher's wife will want for the ensuing quarter.
2. Let this be supplied first of all, out of the common stock.
Q. But what if a Preacher marries hand over head ?
A. Then he must provide for himself.
Q. The Predestinarian Preachers have done much hurt among
us. How may we prevent this for the future?
A. Let none of them preach any more in any of our Societies.
Q. Mr. Ingham seems to desire a re-union. Can we unite
with him ?
A. Yes, as soon as he returns to the old Methodist doctrine.
Meantime let us behave with all tenderness and love.
[The above Minutes are inserted here, as being the only
record published by Mr. Wesley concerning the Conference of
1749. The pamphlet from which they are reprinted is without
a date ; but, on comparing them carefully with the manuscript
Minutes of that year, which will be published in the Appendix
to the present volume, there will be found some discrepancies,
which seem to render it probable that the publication of them
was delayed until after the Conference of 1753, and that the
number of Circuits was corrected up to that date.]
[It does not appear that any Minutes of the Conferences,
taking the form of an Annual Record, were published, after the
year 1749, till 1765. The Editor of Volume I., a.d. 1812,
suggests, in explanation, that the Doctrines and main particulars
of Discipline had been already agreed upon. In the interim,
fifteen Conferences (at least) were held ; but of most of these
there are scanty records, and only in the form of manuscript
memoranda. (See Appendix to the present volume.) The
following notices occur in Mr, Wesley's Journal, under the
successive dates : —
Bristol, 1750. March 8, and following days. — "I desired
all the Preachers that were in Bristol to meet me at four in the
afternoon; and so every day while I was in town. In the
evening God rent the rocks again. I wondered at the words He
gave me to speak. But He doeth whatsoever pleaseth Him."
Bristol, 1751. March 11-15. — "Our Conference began;
and the more we conversed, the more brotherly love increased.
The same spirit we found on Tuesday and Wednesday. I
expected to have heard many objections to our first doctrines ;
but none appeared to have any : We seemed to be all of one
mind, as well as one heart.
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"Fri. 15. — I mentioned whatever I tliought was amiss, or
wanting, in any of our brethren. It was received in a right
spirit, with much love, and serious, earnest attention ; and, I
trust, not one went from the Conference discontented, but
rather blessing God for the consolation."
Leeds, 1751. May 15. — "We had a little Conference with
about thirty Preachers. I particularly inquired concerning
their grace, and gifts, and fruit ; and found reason to doubt of
one only."
Leeds, 1753. May 22-26. — "Most of our Preachers met,
and conversed freely together; as we did, morning and after-
noon, to the end of the week, when our Conference ended with
the same blessing as it began : God giving us all to be not only
of one heart, but of one judgment."
London, 1754. May 22, and following days. — "Our Con-
ference began ; and the spirit of peace and love was in the midst
of us. Before we parted, we all willingly signed an agreement,
not to act independently on each other : So that the breach
lately made has only united us more closely together than ever."
Leeds, 1755. May 6, and following days. — " Qur Conference
began at Leeds. The point on which we desired all the
Preachers to speak their minds at large was, ' Whether we
ought to separate from the Church?^ Whatever was advanced
on one side or the other was seriously and calmly considered ;
and on the third day we were all fully agreed in that general
conclusion, — that (whether it was lawful or not) it was no ways
expedient."
Bristol, 1756. August 26-28. — "About fifty of us being
met, the Rules of the Society were read over, and carefully
considered one by one : But we did not find any that could be
spared. So we all agreed to abide by them all, and to recom-
mend them with our might.
" We then largely considered the necessity of keeping in the
Church, and usiug the Clergy with tenderness ; and there was
no dissenting voice. God gave us aU to be of one mind and of
one judgment.
" Fri, 27. — The Rules of the Bands were read over and con-
sidered, one by one ; which, after some verbal alterations, we all
agreed to observe and enforce.
" Sat. 28. — The Rules of Kingswood School were read and
considered, one by one; and we were all convinced they were
agreeable to Scripture and reason : In consequence of which it
was agreed, —
" 1 . That a short account of the design and present state of
the School be read by every Assistant in every Society : And,
"2. That a subscription for it be begun in every place, and
(if need be) a collection made every year.
"My brother and I closed the Conference by a solemn
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declaration of our purpose never to separate from the Church ;
and all our brethren concurred therein."
London, 1757. August 4-11. — "Our Conference began the
next morning, and continued till the Thursday following. From
the first hour to the last there was no jarring string, but all was
harmony and love."
Bristol, 1758. August 13, and following days. — "Our
yearly Conference begun and ended in perfect harmony."
London, 1759. August 8-11. — " Our Conference began,
the time of which was almost entirely employed in examining
whether the spirit and lives of our Preachers were suitable to
their profession. On Saturday, in the afternoon, we concluded.
Great was the unanimity and love that reigned among us ; and
if there were any who hoped or feared the contrary, they were
happily disappointed."
Bristol, 1760. August 29, 30. — "I spent the two following
days with the Preachers, who had been waiting for me all the
week : And their love and unanimity was such as soon made me
forget all my labour."
London, 1761. September 1-5. — "Our Conference began,
and ended on Saturday."
Leeds, 1762. August 9, and following days. — "Our Confer-
ence began on Tuesday morning; and we had great reason to
praise God for His gracious presence from the beginning to the
end."
London, 1763. July 19-23. — The Conference "began on
Tuesday, July 19, and ended on Saturday, 23. And it was a
great blessing that we had peace among ourselves, while so many
were making themselves ready for battle."
Bristol, 1764. August 6, and following days. — " On Monday,
the 6th, our Conference began. The great point I now laboured
for was a good understanding with all our brethren of the
Clergy who are heartily engaged in propagating vital religion."]
/
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MANCHESTER, August 20, 1765.
Q. "What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. John Mason, Peter Price, Moseley Cheek, Kobert Coster-
dine, John Whitehead, Barnabas Thomas, James Stephens,
James Dempster.
Q. Who are admitted on trial?
A. WilHara Orpe, Wilham Ellis, James Brownfield, Duncan
Wright, John Dillon, Samuel Woodcock, James Longbotham,
_Joseph Pilmoor. Richard Walsh, William Ashman, Richard
Bourke, James Rea.
Q. Who act as Assistants this year?
A. John Jones, James Morgan, Joseph Cownley, John Helton,
Peter Jaco, James Oddie, T. Lee, T. Taylor, Alexander Mather,
John Purz, T. Johnson, George Story, John Murlin, Richard
Henderson, T. Hanson, Jacob Rowell, Mark Davis, W.
Thompson, Robert Roberts, T. Hanby, T. Rankin, Isaac Brown,
George Roe, Thomas Newall, Richard Eoardman.
Q. Who are the other Travelling Freachers?
A. W. Penington, Richard Lucas, WilUam Darney, Daniel
Bumstead, William Brammah, John Morley, John Brandon,
John Easton, James Clough, John Catermole, Thomas Tobias,
John Gibbs, Jolin Oldham, James Cotty, Thomas Carlill, James
Glassbrook, William Minethorp, John Murray, John Oliver,
Isaac Waldron, Joseph Guilford, John Shaw, John Poole, Paul
Greenwood, Thomas Brisco, John Atlay, Nicholas Manners,
John Nelson, Parson Greenwood, George Hudson, Thomas
Mitchell, James Kershaw, Jeremiah Robertshaw, John Ellis,
John Pawson, Christopher Hopper, Matthew Lowes, William •
Whitwell, Joseph Thompson, Thomas Olivers, John Morgan,
Martin Rodda, Thomas Roorke, Samuel Levick, Thomas
Westell, Richard Blackwell, Robert Swindells, John Heslup,
John Johnson.
Q. How are these stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Jones, W. Penington, R. Lucas, Wil-
liam Darney.
2 Sussex, Daniel Bumstead, Mark Davis.
3 Canterbury, W. Brammah, John Morley.
4 Colchester, John Brandon.
5 Norivich, John Easton, James Clough.
6 Bedford, John Catermole.
7 Oxfordshire, Thomas Tobias.
8 Wilts, Richard Henderson, John Slocomb, Richard
Walsh, Thomas Simpson.
9 Bristol, John Helton, John Gibbs.
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10 Devon, George Hoe, John Oldham, William Free-
mantle.
11 Cornwall, East, George Story, James Cotty, Thomas
CarliU.
West, John Furz, John Mason, William Ellis.
12 Staffordshire,!}. Hanson, William Orpe, James Glassbrook.
13 Salop,
14 Lancashire,
15 Derbyshire,
16 Sheffield,
17 Epworth,
18 Grimsby,
19 Leeds,
20 Birstal,
21 Haworth,
22
23
York,
Ya7in,
24 The Dales,
25 Neivcastle,
Alexander Mather, William Minethorp.
James Oddie, John Oliver, John Murray, Isaac
Waldrou.
Robert Uoberts, John Shaw, Joseph Guilford.
Peter Jaco, Paul Greenwood.
Thomas Lee, T. Brisco, James Longbotham.
Richard Boardman, John Poole, Samuel Wood-
cock.
Thomas Hanby, John Nelson.
John Murlin, Parson Greenwood, John Pawson.
Isaac Brown, John Atlay, Nicholas Manners,
James Stephens, Robert Costerdine.
T. Johnson, T. Mitchell, George Hudson.
Matthew Rowell, James Kershaw, James
Brownfield.
T. Rankin, John Ellis, Jeremiah Robertshaw.
Joseph Cownley, Christopher Hopper, Matthew
Lowes, Moseley Cheek.
26 Edinburgh, Thomas Taylor.
27 Dundee, William Whitwell.
28 Aberdeen, Joseph Thompson.
29 Glasgow, Thomas Olivers.
30 Glamorganshire, Martin Rodda.
31 Pembroke, Thomas Newall.
William Thompson, John Morgan.
R. Swindells, S. Levick, Barnabas Thomas. ^
James Dempster, Thomas Roorke.
John Dillon, T. Brisco.
T. Westell, John Heslup, John Whitehead.
R. Blackwell.
James Rea.
39 Londonderry, John Johnson.
Q. What does the Kingswood Collection amount to ?
A. A hundred pounds, nine shillings, and seven pence.
Q. What are the rules relating to the Preachers' Fund ?
A. As to th^ subsistence of those who are so entirely worn out,
that they cannot preach at all ;
1. Let every Travelling Preacher contribute half-a-guinea
yearly, at the Conference.
2, Let this, till it can be safely placed out, be lodged in the
hands of three Stewards, approved of by the majority of the
Preachers.
Vol. I. E
32 Dublin,
33 Cork,
34 Limerick,
35 Waterford,
36 Athlone,
37 Castlebar,
38 Newry,
50 1765.
3. The present Stewards are, Samuel Franks, at London;
William Hey, at Leeds ; John Hosmerj at Sunderland.
4. Every one, when he is received as a Travelling Preacher, is
to pay one guinea.
5. This Fund is never to be reduced to less than a hundred
pounds.
6. Out of this are to be supplied superannuated Travelling
Preachers, and, when they die, their widows and children.
7. Every superannuated Preacher shall receive, at least, ten
pounds a year.
8. Every widow of such a Preacher shall receive, once for all,
a sum not exceeding forty pounds.
9. Every child left by such a Preacher shall receive, once for
all, a sum not usually exceeding ten pounds : but this caunot
be claimed by any child whose mother has received forty
pounds,
10. None is entitled to anything from this Fund till he has
subscribed two guineas.
11. Nor any person, from the time he ceases (unless superan-
nuated) to be a Travelling Preacher.
12. Nor any who neglects paying his subscription for four
years.
13. But whoever is excluded shall have the money he has
subscribed returned.
14. Let an exact account of all receipts and disbursements be
produced at the yearly Conference, by Francis Gilbert, Secretary.
Q. What does the Yearly Subscription amount to ?
A. Seven hundred and seven pounds, eighteen shillings.
Q. How was this disposed of? £. s. d.
A. For buildings - - - - 578 0 0
To the Preachers - - - - 53 1 0
For law - - - - - 38 17 0
£669 18 0
This was the first distribution : but the small remainder was
soon divided among the Preachers who were in want, as far as
it would go.
Q. We are still overrun with debt : what can be done ?
A. Let no preaching-house anywhere be begun, but by the
advice of the Assistant. And let no Assistant consent thereto
without an absolute necessity.
Q. Are the houses already built safe ?
A. Not all. Some of them are not regularly settled yet.
Several Trustees for others are dead.
Q. How shall this be remedied ?
A. Let a person be sent through England, to survey the deeds,
and supply the Trustees wanting.
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Q. Is anything farther advisable with regard to these houses?
A. In all our future buildings, ^
1. Let all the windows be sashed, opening downwards.
2. Let there be no tub-pulpits : and, 3. No backs to the seats.
Q. Should the men and women sit apart everywhere ?
A. By all means. Every Preacher look to this.
Q. Why is field-preaching often omitted ?
A. To please the Stewards or Society. Let it be so no more.
Q. How late may the evening-preaching begin?
A. Never, but in harvest-time, later than seven.
Q. How long should a lovefeast last ?
A. Never above an hour and half: everyone should be at
home by nine.
Q. Should the people break the cake to each other at a love-
feast ?
A. By no means. That silly custom, invented by James
Wheatley, creates much confusion.
Q. Are all the Preachers merciful to their beasts ?
A. Perhaps not. Every one ought, 1. Never to ride hard.
2. To see with his own eyes his horse rubbed, fed, and
bedded.
Q. What can be done to prevent our people needlessly
removing from one Society to another?
A. I. Let none remove without the advice of the Assistant.
2. Let none be received in another Society without a certifi-
cate from the Assistant, in these words: "A. B., the bearer, is
now a member of our Society in . I believe he has a
sufficient cause to remove from hence."
3. Let notice be immediately given of this in every Society.
Q. Would it not be well to have one ticket everywhere ?
A. It would. Send the form from London directly.
Q. Can R — W — preach among us ?
A. No : we are not satisfied as to his moral character.
Q. Can we receive R — F — , or I — H — , as itinerants?
A. Not unless we could pay their debts.
Q. Ought we to insist upon our rule, that no Preacher print
anything without your approbation ?
A. Undoubtedly : and whoever does it for the time to come
cannot take it ill, if he is excluded from our Connexion. Let
every one take this warning, and afterwards blame none but
himself.
Q. When and where shall our next Conference be ?
A. At Leeds, beginning on Tuesday, August 14.
Q. What was the rise of Methodism, so called?
A. In 1729, my brother and I read the Bible ; saw inward and
outward holiness therein ; followed after it, and incited others so
to do. In 1737 we saw, "This holiness comes by faith." In
1738 we saw, "We must be justified before we are sancti-
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52 1765.
fied." But still holiness was our point, inward and outward
holiness.
God then thrust us out, utterly against our will, to raise a
holy people.
When Satan could no otherwise prevent this, he threw Calvin-
ism in our way; and then Antinomianism, which struck at the
root both of inward and outward holiness.
Then many Methodists grew rich, and thereby lovers of the
present world.
Next, they married unawakened or half- awakened wives, and
conversed with their relations. Hence, worldly prudence,
maxims, customs, crept back upon us, producing more and more
conformity to the world.
There followed gross neglect of relative duties, especially
education of children.
This is not cured by the Preachers. Either they have not
light or not weight enough.
But the want of these may be in some measure supplied by
publicly reading the Sermons everywhere ; especially the fourth
volume, which supplies them with remedies suited to the
disease.
Q. Might not some parts of the late Conference in Dublin be
of use to us ?
A. They might; which therefore are subjoined.
Q. What can be done to make the people sing better?
A. 1. Teach them to sing by note, and to sing our tunes first.
2. Take care they do not sing too slow.
3. Exhort all that can, in every congregation, to sing.
4. Set them right that sing wrong. Be patient herein.
Q. Have the Preachers observed the rules?
A. Not exactly. For the time to come let them take care,
1. To meet the Society and the Bands everyAvhere.
2. To encourage all in the Bands to speak freely.
3. In Dublin, Cork, and Limerick, to meet the married
men and married women, the single men and single women,
apart.
4. In all the larger Societies meet the children.
5. Use intercession on Friday; and recommend fasting, both
by precept and example.
Q. But how can we encourage the women in the Bands to
speak, since "it is a shame for women to speak in the church?''
1 Cor. xiv. 35.
A. I deny, 1. That speaking here means any other than speak-
ing as a public teacher. This St. Paul suffered not, because it
implied "usurping authority over the man," 1 Tim. ii. 12,
Whereas no authority either over man or woman is usurped by
the speaking now in question, I deny, 2, That the church in
that text means any other than the great congregation.
1766. 53
Q. Is not family-worship partly neglected, partly pei-formed
in a dull, formal manner?
A. It is. Therefore strongly recommend, both in public and
private, the having family-prayer, morning and evening, after
reading a chapter, and that in the most lively manner. And
read publicly that part of Mr. Philip Henry's Life, enforcing it
as a pattern.
Q. Are our people good economists ?
A. In public and private, enlarge on economy as a branch of
religion.
Q. Are they guarded in their words ?
A. Not sufi^ciently. Warn them against little oaths ; as, Upon
my life, ray faith, my honour. And against compliments. Let
them use no unmeaning words.
Q. Should we recommend calling each other brother and
sister ?
A. It may be done tenderly and prudently.
Q. Do not they in general talk too much, and read too little ?
A. They do. Let them retrench but half the time they spend
in talking, and they will have time enough to read. Speak of
this everywhere. K-epi-ove them publicly and privately for
reading less useful books. Do not talk too much yourself. If
you stay above an hour at any place, take out a book and
read.
Q. Have they left off snuff?
A. No. Many are absolutely enslaved to it still. In order to
redress this great evil,
1. Speak to anyone who takes it in sermon-time.
2. Let no Preacher touch it on any account.
3. Show the Societies the evil of it.
Q. How shall we cure them of drinking drams?
.^.1. Let no Preacher drink any, on any pretence.
2. Strongly dissuade our people from it.
3. Answer their pretences; particularly those of curing the
colic, and helping digestion.
Q. Is not their religion usually too superficial ?
A. It is. To remove this, preach on the most spiritual sub-
jects. Exhort all believers to go on to perfection. And earnestly
recommend private prayer, reading the Scriptures, and universal
self-denial.
LEEDS, August 12, ^c, 1766.
Q. Whatn Preachers are admitted this year?
A. William Orpe, WiUiam Ellis, James Brownfield, Samuel
Woodcock, James Longbotham, Joseph Pilmoor, William
54 1766.
Barker, Thomas Simpson, Duncan Wright, James Dillon,
James Rea ; Richard Bourke remains on trial till we know
what his debts are.
Q. William Ellis, have you faith in Christ ? Are you going
on to perfection ? Do you expect to be perfected in love in this
life ? Are you groaning after it ? Are you resolved to devote
yourself wholly to God and His work ?
Do you know the Methodist doctrine? Have you read the
Sermons ? The Notes on the New Testament ?
Do you know the Methodist plan ? Have you read the Plain
Account ? The Appeals ?
Do you know the Rules of the Society ? Of the Bands ? Do
you keep them ?
Do you take no snuff? Tobacco ? Drams ?
Do you constantly attend the church and sacrament ?
Have you read the Minutes ? Are you willing to conform to
them ?
Have you considered the Twelve Rules of a Helper; especially
the first, tenth, and twelfth ?
Will you keep them for conscience' sake ?
Are you determined to employ all vour time in the work of
God?
Will you preach every morning and evening ? Endeavouring
not to speak too loud or too long? Not lolling with your
elbows? Have you read the "Rules of Action and Utter-
ance ? "
Will you meet the Society, the Bands, the Select Society, the
Leaders (of Bands and Classes) in every place ?
Will you diligently and earnestly instruct the children, and
visit from house to house ?
Will you recommend fasting, both by precept and example ?
The same questions were proposed to the rest severally, before
they were admitted.
Q. Who are admitted on trial ?
A. Thomas Dancer, Simon Day, Benjamin Rhodes, John
Allen, Thomas Halliday, Lancelot Harrison.
Q. Who act as Assistants this year ?
A. John Jones, William Penington, Thomas Hanson, Alex-
ander Mather, Richard Henderson, Thomas Simpson, John
Furz, John Mason, Wilham Orpe, Thomas Johnson, P. Jaco,
James Clough, Rolsert Roberts, T. Mitchell, Thomas Rankin,
Thomas Lee, James Oddie, Isaac Brown, Richard Boardman,
John Heslup, Joseph Cownley, Jacob Rowell, T. Taylor, John
Helton, James Morgan, M. Davis, William Thompson, T.
Brisco.
Q. What Preachers are laid aside this year ?
A. J B , and J M .
Q. How are the Preachers stationed ?
1766.
55
A. 1 London, John Jones, John Murlin, Richard Blackwellj
2 Sussex,
3 Canterbury,
4 Colchester,
5 Norivich,
Duncan Wright.
WiUiam Penington, John Catermole.
John Easton.
Thomas Tobias.
Thomas Hanson, Benjamin Rhodes.
6 Bedfordshire, James Glassbrook.
7 Oxfordshire, WiUiam Minethorp.
8 Wilts, Alexander Mather, Thomas Dancer,
James Stephens, John Oldham.
9 Bristol, Richard Henderson, J. Nelson.
10 Devon, Thomas Simpson, James Cotty.
11 Cormvall, East, J. Furz, J. Davis, Joseph Pilmoor.
12 West, J. Mason, Simon Day, W. Barker.
13 Staffordshire, W. Orpe, N. Manners, J. Poole.
14 Cheshire, T. Johnson, Parson Greenwood.
15 Lancashire, Peter Jaco, Paul Greenwood,
John Pawson, John Allen.
16 Derbyshire, James Clough, Isaac Waldron, G. Hudson.
17 Sheffield, Robert Roberts, Joseph Guilford.
18 Lincolnshire, East, T. Mitchell, J. Ellis, T. Carlill.
19 West, Thomas Rankin, W. Brammah, L. Harrison.
20 Leeds,
21 Birstal,
22 Haworth,
23 York,
24
25
26
Yarm,
The Dales,
Newcastle,
27 Dunbar,
28 Edinburgh,
29 Dundee,
30 Aberdeen,
31 Glasgow,
32 Wales,
33 Dublin,
34 Limerick,
35 Waterford,
36 Cork,
37 Athlone,
38 Castlebar,
39 North West,
Thomas Lee, James Longbotham.
James Oddie, Thomas Hanby, Daniel Bum-
stead, Moseley Cheek.
I. Brown, J. Shaw, Robert Costerdine, John
Atlay.
R. Boardman, W. Whitwell, J. Standring,
Samuel Woodcock.
John Heslup, J. Kershaw, W. Darney.
J. Rowell, J, Robertshaw, T. Halliday.
J. Cownley, Christopher Hopper, J. Oliver,
Matthew Lowes.
William ElHs.
John Helton, Joseph Thompson.
Thomas Olivers.
Thomas Taylor.
James Brownfield.
George Story, T. Newall.
John Morgan, John Murray.
Samuel Levick, Barnabas Thomas.
Robert Swindells, T. Westell.
Mark Davis, John Dillon.
Richard Bourke, Thomas Brisco,
J. Whitehead, W. Thompson.
James Dempster.
John Johnson, James Morgan.
40
East, James Rea, Robert Williams.
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Q. What numbers are in the Society at
1766.
London ?
Sussex
Canterbury
Colchester
Norwich
Bedford
Oxfordshire
Wilts
Bristol
Devon
Cornwall, East
West
Staffordshire
Salop
Lancashire
Derbyshire
Q. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
A. £118. 135. lid.
Q. W^hat can be done for Kingswood ?
A. 1. Put in James Hindmarsh and
master and house-keeper.
2. Desire Mr. Price to stay another year.
3. Appoint three or five Trustees.
4. Let each Bristol Preacher be an hour
•with the children.
Q. What is the Yearly Subscription ?
A. £695. 2s. lid.
Q. What places petition for help ?
£.
A. Aberdeen - 50 granted.
Edinburgh - 100
197
141
167
941
1089
580
1655
836
587
1742
739
Sheffield
583
Ep worth
665
Grimsby
700
Leeds
- 1072
Birstal
- 1376
Haworth
- 1536
York
982
Yarm
- 1103
The Dales -
772
Newcastle
- 1804
Dunbar
Edinburgh
165
Dundee, &c. -
321
Wales
Ireland
his
wife as writing-
a week, at least.
Portarlington
Londonderry
Mountmelick
20
Monkwearmouth
20
Sunderland
Alston
Swaledale
AUandale
5
Barnardcastle
10
Teesdale
4
Yarm
10
Thirsk
5
Stokesley
10
Whitby
5
York
10
Scarborough
Heptonstall
Padiham
10
Bacup
Bingley
Bradford
5
40
Halifax
10
Leeds
10
Bothwell
Thorner
Horbury
Seacroft
Grimsby
Louth
5
5
Sibsey
Boston
10
10
Sheffield
5
Bradwell
Rotherham
10
10 granted.
1766.
Derby
Nottingliam
Burton
Creitch
Ashby
Stockport
Congleton
Warrington
Burslem
Macclesfield
Bolton
Liverpool
Chester
Salop
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Stroud
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20 granted.
30
4
10
Darlaston
Lelant
St. Hilary
Crowan
Stithian
St. Just
Collumpton
Pensford
Bath
Bradford
Shepton
Shaftesbury
Bedford
Norwich
Colchester
Canterbury
20 granted.
10
10
20
20*
Q. What is our total debt for building ?
A. £11,383.
Q. We shall be utterly ruined if we go on thus. How may
we prevent the increase of debt ?
A. 1. Let no other building be undertaken till two-thirds of
the money are subscribed.
2. We will allow nothing to any house which shall be begun
after this day till the debt is reduced to £3,000.
3. Let every Preacher labour with his might to increase the
collection next year.
Q. Are the houses settled according to the plan ?
A. Most of them are. Let each Assistant take care that
the rest be so settled without delay; that at Liverpool in
particular.
And let a Counsel be consulted concerning the deeds, and
concerning indorsing new Trustees.
Q. But what if the proprietors delay conveying the houses,
because they are in debt ?
A. Then let them give a bond, that they will convey as soon
as they are indemnified.
And let no Classes meet in any preaching-house.
Q. 4. Are the roofs of most of them well built ?
A. They need never rise above a third of the breadth.
5. Let a collection for the School be made in June next, in
every preaching-house in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Q. What is received this year for the Preachers' Fund ?
A.
Q. Need any rule be added relative to this ?
* The remainder was divided among the Preachers who were in want.
58 1766.
A. Yes. Let every Preacher who does not bring or send his
money to the Conference be fined 2^. 6d.
Q. It was agreed at the last Conference, that the men and
women should sit apart everywhere. Is there any exception to
this?
A. There is one. In those galleries where they have been
accustomed to sit together, they may do so still. But let them
sit apart everywhere below, and in all new-erected galleries.
Q. It was also agreed, that field-preaching should not be
omitted to please anyone. But who is proper to preach abroad ?
A. 1. The Assistant.
2. Any Preacher whom he advises to it.
Q. We agreed, none should remove from one Society to
another without a certificate from the Assistant. Has this been
well observed?
A. No. Let every Assistant observe itbetterfor the time to come.
Q. When and where may our next Conference begin?
A. At London, the third Tuesday in August.
Q. How may each Assistant take a regular catalogue of the
Societies ?
A. By writing the names of the members as they live in
house-row, without regarding the Classes.
Q. Should we give the Bules of the Society to everyone,
when taken on trial ?
A. By all means. And let every Band-Leader have the Band-
Rules.
Q. Should we repeat or enforce the rules relating to ruffles,
lace, snuff', and tobacco ?
A. Enforce them vigorously, though calmly. When any
person is admitted into a Society, even good-breeding requires
him to conform to the Rules of that Society.
Q. When should we enforce them in Ireland and Scotland ?
A. Without delay. Only show them the reasonableness of it
in Scotland, and they will conform to anything.
Q. Have the Sermons on Wandering Thoughts, In-being Sin,
the Lord our Righteousness, and the Scripture-Way of Salva-
tion, been carefully dispersed ?
A. No. Let each Assistant do it now.
And let each insist on cleanliness and decency everywhere ;
and give an account to his successor of the state of things in
his Circuit.
Let him likewise so order the preaching in his Circuit, that no
Preacher may be obliged to miss the church more than two
Sundays in a month.
Q. Are we not then Dissenters ?
A. We are irregular, 1. By calling sinners to repentance in
all places of God^s dominion. 2. By frequently using extemporary
prayer. Yet we are not Dissenter's in the only sense which our
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law acknowledges : namely, persons who believe it is sinful to
attend the service of the Church : for we do attend it at all
opportunities. We will not, dare not separate from the Church,
for the reasons given several years ago. We are not Seceders,
nor do we hear any resemblance to them. We set out upon
quite opposite principles. The Seceders laid the very foundation
of their work in judging and condemning others. We laid the
foundation of our work in judging and condemning ourselves.
They begin everywhere with showing their hearers how fallen
the Ciiurch and Ministers are. We begin everywhere with
showing our hearers how fallen they are themselves.
And as we are not Dissenters from the Church now, so we
will do nothing willingly which tends to a separation from it.
Therefore let every Assistant immediately so order his Circuit,
that no Preacher may be hindered from attending the church
more than two Sundays in the month. Never make light of
going to church, either by word or deed. Remember Mr.
Hook, a very eminent and a zealous Papist. When I asked him,
" Sir, what do you for public worship here, where 5'^ou have no
E-omish sermon "P^^ He answered, "Sir, I am so fully con-
vinced it is the duty of every man to worship God in public,
that I go to church every Sunday. If I cannot have such
worship as I would, I will have such worship as I can."
But some may say, "Our own service is public worship."
Yes, in a sense : but not such as supersedes the Church Service.
We never designed it should. We have a hundred times
professed the contrary. It pre-supposes public prayer, like the
sermons at the University. Therefore I have over and over
advised. Use no long prayer, either before or after sermon.
Therefore I myself frequently use only a collect, and never
enlarge in prayer, unless at intercession, or on a watch-night,
or on some extraordinary occasion.
If it were designed to be instead of Church Service, it would
be essentially defective. For it seldom has the four grand parts
of public prayer ; deprecation, petition, intercession, and thanks-
giving. Neither is it, even on the Lord^s day, concluded with
the Lord's Supper.
The hour for it on that day, unless where there is some pecu-
liar reason for a variation, should be five in the morning, as well
as five in the evening. Why should we make God's day the
shortest of the seven ?
But if the people put ours in the place of the Church Service,
we hurt them that stay with us, and ruin them that leave us.
For then they will go nowhere, but lounge the Sabbath away,
without any public worship at all. I advise, therefore, all the
Methodists in England and Ireland, who have been brought up
in the Church, constantly to attend the Service, of the Church,
at least, every Lord's day.
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Q. But what power is this, which you exercise over all the
Methodists in Great Britain and Ireland?
A. Count Z. loved to keep all things close. I love to do all
things openly. I will therefore tell you all I know of the matter,
taking it from the very beginning.
1. In November, 1738, two or three persons, who desired to
flee from the wrath to come, and then seven or eight more, came
to me in London, and desired me to advise and pray with them.
I said, " If you will meet on Thursday night, I Avill help you as
well as I can." More and more then desired to meet with them,
till they were increased to many hundreds. The case was after-
wards the same at Bristol, Kingswood, Newcastle, and many
other parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. It may be
observed, the desire was on their part, not mine. My desire was,
to live and die in retirement. But I did not see that I could
refuse them my help, and be guiltless before God.
Here commenced my power; namely, a power to appoint
when, and where, and how they should meet; and to remove
those whose life showed that they had no desire to " flee from
the wrath to come." And this power remained the same,
whether the people meeting together were twelve, twelve
hundred, or twelve thousand.
2. In a few days, some of them said, " Sir, we will not sit
under you for nothing. We will subscribe quarterly." I said,
" I will have nothing, for I want nothing. My Fellowship sup-
plies me with all, and more than I want." One replied, " Nay,
but you want £115 to pay for the lease of the Foundery. And
likewise a large sum of money will be wanting to put it into
repair." On this consideration, I sufi'ered them to subscribe.
And, when the Society met, I asked, " Who will take the trouble
of receiving this money, and paying it where it is needful?"
One said, "I will do it, and keep the account for you." So here
was the first Steward. Afterwards I desired one or two more to
help me as Stewards, and, in process of time, a greater number.
Let it be remarked, it was I myself, not the people, who chose
these Stewards, and appointed to each the distinct work wherein
he was to help me, as long as I desired. And herein I began to
exercise another sort of power; namely, that of appointing and
removing Stewards.
3. After a time, a young man came, T. Maxfield, and said he
desired to help me as a son in the Gospel. Soon after came a
second, Thomas Richards, and a third, Thomas Westell. —
These severally desired to serve me as sons, and to labour when
and where I should direct. Observe, these likewise desired me,
not I them. But I durst not refuse their assistance. And here
commenced my power to appoint each of these, when, where,
and how to labour ; that is, while he chose to continue with me :
for each had a power to go away when he pleased ; as I had also
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to go away from them, or any of tliem, if I saw sufficient cause.
The case continued the same, when the number of Preachers
inci'eased. I had just the same power still, to appoint when, and
where, and how each should help me ; and to tell any, if I saw
cause, " I do not desire your help any longer/' On these terms,
and no other, we joined at first; on these we continue joined.
But they do me no favour in being directed by me. It is true,
my reward is with the Lord. But at present I have nothing
from it but trouble and care, and often a burden I scarce know
how to bear.
4. In 1744, 1 \^T.'ote to several Clergymen, and to all who then
served me as sons in the Gospel, desiring them to meet me in
London, to give me their advice concerning the best method of
carrying on the work of God. They did not desire this meeting,
but I did, knowing that " in a multitude of counsellors there is
safety." And when their number increased, so that it was
neither needful nor convenient to invite them all, for several
years I wrote to those with whom I desired to confer, and these
only met at the place appointed, till at length I gave a general
permission that all who desired it might come.
Observe : I myself sent for these, of my own free choice; and
I sent for them, to advise, not govern me. Neither did I at any
of those times divest myself of any part of that power above
described, which the Providence of God had cast upon me, with-
out any design or choice of mine.
What is that power ? It is a power of admitting into and
excluding from the Societies under my care; of choosing and
removing Stewards; of receiving or not receiving Helpers; of
appointing them when, where, and how to help me; and of
desiring any of them to meet me, when I see good. And as it
was merely in obedience to the Providence of God, and for the
good of the people, that I at first accepted this power, which I
never sought, nay, a hundred times laboured to throw off; so
it is on the same considerations, not for profit, honour, or
pleasure, that I use it at this day.
5. But several gentlemen are much offended at my having
so much power. My answer to them is this :
I did not seek any part of this power. It came upon me
unawares. But when it was come, not daring to bury that
talent, I used it to the best of my judgment.
Yet I never was fond of it. I always did and do now bear it
as my burden ; the burden which God lays upon me, and there-
fore I dare not yet lay it down.
But if you can tell me any one, or any five men, to whom I
may transfer this burden, who can and loill do just what I do
now, I will heartily thank both them and you.
6. But some of our Helpers say, "This is shackling free-born
Englishmen,'^ and demand a free Conference, that is, a meeting
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of all the Preachers, wherein all things shall be determined by
most votes.
I answer, It is possible, after ray death, something of this kind
may take place; but not while I live. To me the Preachers
have engaged themselves to submit, to "serve me as sons in the
Gospel." But they are not thus engaged to any mau, or number
of men, besides. To me the people in general will submit. But
they will not yet submit to any other.
It is nonsense, then, to call my using this power, " shackling
free-born Englishmen." None needs to submit to it, unless he
will ; so there is no shackling in the case. Every Preacher and
every member may leave me when he pleases. But while he
chooses to stay, it is on the same terms that he joiued me at first.
"But this is arbitrary power; this is no less than making
yourself a Pope."
If by arbitrary power you mean a power which I exercise
single, without any colleagues therein, this is certainly true; but
I see no hurt in it. Arbitrary in this sense is a very harmless
word. If you mean, unjust, unreasonable, or tyrannical, then it
is not true.
As to the other branch of the charge, it carries no face of
truth. The Pope affirms that every Christian must do all he
bids, and believe all he says, under pain of damnation. I never
affirmed anything that bears any, the most distant resemblance
to this. All I affirm is, " The Preachers who choose to labour
with me, choose to serve me as sons in the Gospel." And, " The
people who choose to be under my care, choose to be so on the
same terms they were at first."
Therefore all talk of this kind is highly injurious to me, Avho
bear this burden merely for your sakes. And it is exceeding
mischievous to the people, tending to confound their under-
standings, and to fill their hearts with evil surmisings and
unkind tempers toward me : to whom they really owe more, for
taking all this load upon me, for exercising this very power, for
shackling myself in this manner, than for all my preaching put
together. Because preaching twice or thrice a day is no burden
to me at all ; but the care of all the Preachers and all the people
is a burden indeed !
But all hitherto is comparatively little. I come now to speak
of greater things.
I do not depend on seeing another Conference. Therefore I
will now speak once for all, as taking my leave of you.
I cannot but know more of the state both of the Methodist
Preachers and people than any other person : because I see
more of the Preachers, and more of the people, in every part of
the kingdom.
Therefore I can give you such an account both of the
Preachers and the people, as no other person can.
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And you are fully assured, that I am not prejudiced against
either the Preachers or the people.
To begin with the latter. The world says, " The Methodists
are no better than other people.^^ This is not true. Yet it is
nearer the truth than we are willing to imagine.
For, 1. Personal religion, either toward God or man, is
amazingly superficial among us.
I can but just touch on a few generals. Hoav little faith is
there among us, how little communion with God ! How little
living in heaven, walking in eternity, deadness to every creature !
How much love of the world ; desire of pleasure, of ease, of praise,
of getting money !
How little brotherly love ! What continual judging one
another ! What gossiping, evil-speaking, tale-bearing !
What want of moral honesty ! To instance only in a few
particulars : —
What servants, journeymen, labourers, carpenters, bricklayers,
do as they would be done by ? Which of them does as much
work as he can ? Set him down for a knave that does not.
Who does as he would be done by in buying and selling,
particularly in selling horses ? Write him knave that does not.
And the Methodist knave is the worst of all knaves.
2. Family religion is shamefully wanting, and almost in every
branch.
And the Methodists in general will be little better, till we take
quite another course with them. For what avails public preach-
ing alone, though we could preach like angels ?
I heard Dr. Lupton say, "My father, visiting one of his
parishioners, who had never missed going to church for forty
years, then lying on his death-bed, asked him, ' Thomas, where
do you think your soul will go?^ ' Soul ! soul \' said Thomas.
*Yes; do not you know what your soul is?' *Ay, surely,'
said he: 'why, it is a little bone in the back, that lives longer
than the rest of the body.' " So much Thomas had learned
by often hearing sermons, yea, and exceeding good sermons, for
forty years !
We must instruct them from house to house : till this is done,
and that in good earnest, the Methodists will be little better
than other people.
Can we find a better method of doing this than Mr. Baxter's ?
If not, let us adopt it without delay. His whole tract, entitled
Gildas Salvianus, is well worth a careful perusal. A short
extract from it I have subjoined. Speaking of this visiting from
house to house, he says, p. 351 :
We shall find many difficulties both in ourselves and in the
people.
1. In ourselves there is much dulness and laziness; so that
there will be much ado to get us to be faithful in the work.
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2. We have also a base, man-pleasiug temper, which makes
us let men perish, rather than lose their love ; and let them go
quickly to hell, lest we should anger them.
3. Some of us have also a foolish bashfulness. We know not
how to begin, or to speak plain. We blush to speak for Christ,
or to contradict the devil, or to save a soul.
4. Our interest stops our mouths, and makes us unfaithful in
the work of Christ.
5. But the great hindrance is, weakness of faith : so our
whole motion is weak, because the spring of it is weak.
6. Lastly, we are unskilful in the work. How few know how
to deal with men, so as to get within them, to win upon them,
and suit all our discourse to their several conditions and tempers ;
to choose the fittest subjects, and follow them with a holy
mixture of seriousness, and terror, and love, and meekness,
and evangelical allurements !
And we have as many difficulties to grapple with in our
people.
1. Too many of them will be mnvilling to be taught, till we
conquer their perverseuess by the force of reason, and the power
of love.
2. And many are so dull, that they will shun being taught,
for fear of showing their dulness. And, indeed, you will find it
extremely hard to make them understand the veiy plainest
points.
3. And it is still harder to fix things on their heart, without
which all our labour is lost. If you have not, therefore, great
seriousness and fervency, what good can you expect ? And when
all is done, it is the Spirit of grace. He alone, who must do the
work.
4. And when w^e have made some impressions upon their
hearts, if we look not after them, they Avill soon die away.
But as great as this labour of private instruction is, it is
absolutely necessary. For, after all our preaching, many of our
people are almost as ignorant as if they had never heard the
Gospel. I study to speak as plain as I can ; yet I frequently
meet with those who have been my hearers many years, who
know not whether Christ be God or man; or, that infants have
any original sin. And how few are there that know the nature
of repentance, faith, and holiness ! INlost of them have a sort of
confidence that Christ will justify and save them, while the world
has their hearts, and they live to themselves. And I have found
by experience, that one of these has learned more from an hour's
close discourse, than from ten years' public preaching.
And undoubtedly this private application is implied in those
solemn words of the Apostle : " I charge thee before God, and
the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead
at His appearing and His kingdom ; Preach the word ; be
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instant in season, out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with
all long-suffering and doctrine/'
This is likewise necessary to the greater glory of God, by the
fuller success of the Gospel. O brethren, if we could generally
set this work on foot in all our Societies, and prosecute it
skilfully and zealously, what glory would redound to God
thereby ! If the common ignorance were thus banished, and
our vanity and idleness turned into the study of the way of life,
and every shop and every house busied in speaking of the word
and works of God, surely God would dwell in our habitations,
and make them His delight.
And this is necessary to the welfare of our people; many of
whom neither believe nor repent to this day. Look round about,
and see how many of them are still in apparent danger of
damnation ! And how can you walk, and talk, and be merry
with such people, when you know their case ? Methinks, when
you look them in the face, you should break forth into tears, as
the Prophet did when he looked upon Hazael, and then set on
them with the most vehement and importunate exhortations. O
then, for God's sake, and for the sake of poor souls, bestir your-
selves ; and spare no pains that may conduce to their salvation.
What cause have we to bleed before the Lord this day, that
have so long neglected this great and good work ! — that have
been Preachers so many years, and have done so little by
personal instructions for the saving of men's souls ! If we had
but set on this work sooner, how many more might have been
brought to Christ ! And how much holier and happier might
we have made our Societies before now ! And why might we
not have done it sooner ? There were many hindrances in the
way ; and so there are still, and always will be. But the greatest
hitidrance was in ourselves, in our dulness, and littleness of faith
and love. O that God would throughly humble us, and cause
us to bewail our own neglects ; that we may not think it enough
to lament the sins of others, while we overlook our own !
But it is objected, 1. "This course will take up so much
time, that we shall have no time to follow our studies."
I answer, 1. Gaining knowledge is a good thing; but saving
souls is a better. 2. By this very thing you will gain the most
excellent knowledge of God and eternity. 3. But you will have
abundant time for gaining other knowledge too, if you spend all
your mornings therein. Only sleep not more than you need ;
talk not more than you need. And never be idle, nor triflingly
employed. But, 4. If you can do but one, either follow your
studies, or instruct the ignorant; let your studies alone. I
would throw by all the libraries in the world, rather than be
guilty of the perdition of one soul.
It is objected, 2. "The people will not submit to it." If
some do not, others will gladlv. And the success with them
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may be so much, as to repay all our labour. O let us herein
follow the example of St. Paul. 1. For our general business,
'^serving the Lord with all humility of mind." 2. Our special
work, " Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock." 3. Our
doctrine, " repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus
Christ." 4. The place and manner of teaching, "I have tauglit
you publicly, and from house to house." 5. The object, and
internal manner, " I ceased not to warn everyone, night and
day, with tears." This it is that must win souls, and preserve
them. 6. His innocency and self-denial for the advantage of the
Gospel, "I have coveted no man^s silver or gold." 7. His
patience, " Neither count I my life dear unto myself." And
among all our motives, these should be ever before our eyes :
1. "The church of God, which He hath purchased Avith His own
blood." 2. " Grievous wolves shall enter in ; yea, of your own-
selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things." Write all this
upon your hearts, and it will do you more good than twenty
years' study of lower things.
We may, 1. Every Preacher take an exact catalogue of those
in Society, from one end of each town to the other. 2. Go to
each house, and give, with suitable exhortation and direction,
the " Instructions for Children." 3. Be sure to deal gently with
them, and take off all discouragements as effectually as you
can. See that the children get these by heart. Advise the
grown persons to see that they understand them. And enlarge
upon and apply every sentence as closely as you can. And
let your deahng with those you begin with be so gentle,
winning, and convincing, that the report of it may move others
to desire your coming. True, it is far easier to preach a good
sermon, than to instruct the ignorant in the principles of religion.
And, as much as this work is despised by some, I doubt not but
it will try the parts and spirits of us aU. So Archbishop Usher :
" Great scholars may think it beneath them to spend their time
in teaching the first principles of the doctrine of Christ. But
they should consider, that the laying the foundation skilfully, as
it is the matter of greatest importance in the whole building, so it
is the very master-piece of the wisest builder : ' According to the
grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master-builder,
1 have laid the foundation,' saith the great Apostle. And let the
Avisest of us all try, whenever we please, we shall find that to lay
this ground-work rightly, to make an ignorant man understand
the grounds of religion, will put us to the trial of all our skill."
Perhaps in doing this, it may be well,
1. After a few loving words spoken to all in the house, to take
each person single into another room, where you may deal closely
with them, about their sin, and misery, and duty. Set these
home, or you lose all your labour. At least let none be present
but those who are quite familiar with each other.
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2. Hear what the children have learned by heart.
3. Choose some of the weightiest points, and try by farther ques-
tions how they understand them. As, " Do you believe you have
sin in you ? that you was born in sin ? What does sin deserve ?
What remedy has God provided for guilty, helpless sinners ? "
4. Often, with the question, suggest the answer. As, '' What
is repentance? Sorrow for sin, or a conviction that we are guilty,
helpless sinners ? What is faith ? A divine conviction of things
not seen?"
5. Where you perceive they do not understand the stress of
your question, you must lead them into it by other questions.
So I have asked some, " How do you think your many and great
sins will be pardoned?" They answer, "By repenting and
mending my life;" and never mention Christ. I ask farther,
" But do you think your amendment will make satisfaction for
your past sins?" They will answer, "We hope so, or else we
know not what will." One would think now, these had no
knowledge of Christ at all. And, indeed, some have not. But
others have, and give such answers only because they do not
understand the scope of the question. Ask them farther, " Can
you be saved without the death of Christ?" They immediately
say. No. And if you ask, " What has He done or suffered for
you?" they will say, "He shed His blood for us;" and profess
they trust in that for salvation. But many cannot express even
what they have some conceptions of; nay, can scarce learn, when
expressions are put into their mouths. With these you are to
deal exceeding tenderly, lest they be discouraged.
6. If you perceive them troubled that they cannot answer,
step in yourself, and take the burden off them, answering that
question yourself: and then do it throughly and plainly, and
make a full explication of the whole business to them.
7. Thus, when you have tried their knowledge, proceed to
instruct them yourself, according to their several capacities. If
a man understand the fundamentals, fall on what you perceive
he most needs, either explaining further some doctrine of the
Gospel, or some duty, or showing the necessity of something he
neglects, as may be most edifying to him. If it be one that is
grossly ignorant, give him a short recital of the Christian religion
in the plainest words. And if you perceive he understands not,
go over it again till he does, and, if possible, fix it in his memory.
8. Next inquire into his state, whether convinced or uncon-
vinced ; converted or unconverted. Tell him, if need be, what
conversion is. And then renew and enforce the inquiry.
9. If you perceive he is unconverted, your next business is,
to labour with all your skill and power to bring his heart to a
sense of his condition. Set this home with a more earnest voice
than you spoke before ; for, if you get it not to the heart, you
do nothing.
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10. Conclude all with a strong exhortation, which must con-
tain two parts: 1. The duty of the heart, in order to receive
Christ j and, 2. The avoiding former sins, and constantly using
the outward means. And here be sure, if you can, to get their
promise to forsake sin, change their company, and use
means. And do this solemnly ; reminding them of the presence
of God, that hears their promises, and will expect the perform-
ance.
11. Before you leave them, engage the head of each family to
call all his family every Sunday, before they go to bed, and hear
what they can rehearse ; and so continue till they have learned
all the " Instructions " perfectly. And afterwards take care
that they do not forget what they have learned.
12. Speak differently according to the difference of them you
have to deal with, as they are dull and obstinate, or timoi-ous
and tender. Be as plain as possible to those of weak capacities,
and give them Scripture-proof for all you say.
Let us in every town, and wherever it is practicable, set upon
this method in good earnest ; and we shall soon fiud why the
people are not better, viz., because we are not more knowing and
more holy.
Q. Why are we not more knowing?
A. Because we are idle. We forget the very first rule, "Be
diligent. Never be unemployed a moment. Never be triflingly
employed. Never while away time : neither spend any more
time at any place than is strictly necessary .''
I fear there is altogether a fault in this matter ; and that few
of us are clear. Which of you spends as many hours a day in
God's work, as you did formerly in man's work ? We talk, talk
• — or read history, or what comes next to hand.
We must, absolutely must, cure this evil, or give up the whole
work.
But how? 1. Head the most useful books, and that regularly
and constantly. Steadily spend all the morning in this employ,
or at least five hours in twenty-four.
" But I read only the Bible.'' Then you ought to teach others
to read only the Bible, and, by parity of reason, to hear only the
Bible. But if so, you need preach no more. Just so said George
Bell. And what is the fruit ? Why, now he neither reads the
Bible nor anything else.
This is rank enthusiasm. If you need no book but the Bible,
you are got above St. Paul. He wanted others too. " Bring
the books,'^ says he, "but especially the parchments;" those
wrote on parchment.
" But I have no taste for reading." Contract a taste for it by
use, or return to your trade.
" But different men have different tastes." Therefore some
may read less than others ; but none should read less than this.
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"But I have no books." I will give each of you, as fast as
you will read them, books to the value of five pounds. And I
desire the Assistants will take care, that all the laro;e Societies
provide the " Christian Library " for the use of the Preachers.
2. In the afternoon follow Mr. Baxter's plan. Then you will
have no time to spare; none for learning Latin, or Greek, or
Hebrew : you will have work enough for all your time. Then,
likewise, no Preacher will stay with us who is as salt that has
lost its savour. For, to such, this employment would be mere
drudgery. And, in order to it, you will have need of all the
knowledge you can procure.
The sum is : Go into every house in course, and teach evenjone
therein, young and old, if they belong to us, to be Christians,
inwardly and outwardly.
Make every particular plain to their understanding. Fix it in
their memory. Write it on their heart. In order to this, there
must be line upon line, precept upon precept. I remember to
have heard my father asking ray mother, " How could you have
the patience to tell that blockhead the same thing twenty times
over?'' She answered, "Why, if I had told him but nineteen
times, I should have lost all my labour." What patience indeed,
what love, what knowledge is requisite for this !
Q. In what method should we instruct them?
A. Read, explain, enforce,
1. The Rules of the Society.
2. Instructions for Children.
3. The fourth volume of Sermons.
4. Philip Henry's Method of Family-Prayer.
Over and above : wherever there are ten children in a Society,
spend at least an hour with them twice a week. And do this,
not in a dull, dry, formal manner, but in earnest, with your
might.
" But I have no gift for this." Gift or no gift, you are to do
it, else you are not called to be a Methodist Preacher. Do it as
you can, till you can do it as you would. Pray earnestly for the
gift, and use the means for it; particularly studying the chil-
dren's Tracts.
Q. Why are not we more holy ? Why do not we live in eter-
nity ? Walk with God all the day long ? Why are we not all
devoted to God ? Breathing the whole spirit of Missionaries ?
A. Because we are enthusiasts; looking for the end, without
using the means.
In order to be throughly convinced of this, we need only
consider the first Minutes, pp. 12, 13, and each examine himself
upon each article.*
To touch only upon two or three instances :
* Reference is made to the Digest or Compendium published in 1763; which
■will be found at length in another part of this volume.
70 1767.
Do you rise at four? Or even at five^ when you do not
preach ?
Do you fast once a week ? Once a month ? Do you know
the obhgation or benefit of it ?
Do you recommend the five-o'clock hour for private prayer?
Do you observe it? Do not you find that any time is no time?
O let us all " stir up the gift of God that is in us ! " Let us
no more "sleep, as do others." But whatsoever our "hand
findeth to do/' let us " do it with our might."
London, August 22, 1766.
LONDON, August 18, ^-c, 1767.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Richard Bourke, Benjamin Rhodes, John Allen, Alex-
ander M'Nab, Lancelot Harrison, Thomas Dancer.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. William Fugill, Thomas Halliday, and John Smith.
Q. 3. Ought not all those who are admitted, to be present at
the Conference?
A. By all means. Let it be so for the time to come. And
let them be examined one by one, as in the last year's Conference.
Q. 4. Who are admitted on trial?
A. T. Janes, F. Asbury, John Peacock, John Wittam,
Thomas Cherry, William Hunter, William Harry, Thomas
Ryan, and William ColHns.
Q. 5. What Preachers desist from travelling?
A. John JNIorley, James Stephens, Simon Day, William
Whitwell, and James Kershaw.
Q. 6. Who act as Assistants this year?
A. Benjamin Colley, John Easton, Duncan Wright, William
Minethorp, James Glassbrook, Alexander Mather, John Murlin,
John Purz, Samuel Woodcock, Samuel Levick, Thomas Hanby,
Thomas Taylor, J. Pawson, Thomas Johnson, Isaac Brown, T.
Mitchell, T. Rankin, John Oliver, Daniel Bumstead, T. Brisco,
Robert Costerdine, Richard Boardman, T. Lee, Jacob Rowell,
James Oddie, George Hudson, W. Thompson, John Helton,
James Deaves, Richard Bourke.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed ?
A. 1. London, WilWnra Buckingham, Benjamin Colley, Peter
Jaco, Nicholas Manners, Thomas Janes.
2 Sussex, John Easton, John Allen.
3 Canterbury, Duncan Wright, Alexander M'Nab.
4 Colchester, Thomas Hanson.
5 Norwich, William Minethorp, Benjamin Rhodes.
6 Bedfordshire, James Glassbrook, Francis Asbury,
7 Oxfordshire, Richard Henderson.
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8 Wilts, Alexander Mather, John Catermole,
William Orpe, John Haime.
9 Bristol, John Murlin, Peter Price.
10 Devon, John Furz, James Cotty.
11 Cornwall, East, Samuel Woodcock, John Magor, W. Barker.
12 TFest, Samuel Levick, John Davis, Joseph Harper,
Thomas Carlill.
13 Staffordshire, T. Hanby, Robert Roberts, J. W.
14 Cheshire, Thomas Taylor, Moseley Cheek.
15 Lancashire, John Pawson, John Whitehead,
John Poole, William Fugill.
16 Derbyshire, T. Johnson, James Clough, John Oldham.
17 Sheffield, Isaac Brown, John Shaw.
18 Lincoln, J5Ja5^, T. Mitchell^ John Standring, Lancelot Harrison.
19 West, T. Rankin, John Ellis, John Peacock.
20 Leeds, John Oliver, Parson Greenwood.
21 Birstal, Daniel Bumstead, John Nelson,
Thomas Brisco, Thomas Westell.
22 Haworth, Robert Costerdine, Joseph Guilford,
John Wittam, Thomas Cherry.
23 York, Richard Boardman, Jeremiah Robertshaw,
T. Newall, James Longbotham.
24 Yarm, T. Lee, John Heslup, Matthew Lowes.
25 The Dales, Jacob Rowell, William Brammah, William Hunter.
26 Newcastle, James Oddie, Joseph Cownley, William Ellis,
William Darney; Christopher Hopper, Super-
numerary.
27 Wales, George Hudson, Joseph Pilmoor,
William Harry.
28 Glasgow, \ John Atlay,
29 Dunbar, j Thomas Simpson and Joseph Thompson.
Let John Atlay and Joseph Thompson change
the first week in February.
30 Edinburgh, William Thompson, Mark Davis.
This Circuit includes Leith, Dalkeith, Lin-
lithgow, and Burro wstoness. Each Preacher
is to be a fortnight in the city and in the
country alternately.
31 Dundee, \ Richard Blackwell, \ Change on Michaelmas-
32 Aberdeen, j James Brownfield. j day, Christmas-day, Lady-
day, and Midsummer-day: on that day let
them meet at Brechin.
33 Dublin, 1 John Helton, T. Olivers, (J. Johnson, Supernu-
>■ merary,)
34 Limerick f ) James Deaves, George Story.
Let the two former change with the latter, on
February 1.
35 Waterford, James Rea.
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1767.
36 Cork, \ Richard Bourke, } Chanj^e every sixth Monday
37 Bandon, J John Mason. / without fail.
38 Castlebar, W. Peuington, Robert W., ) Change Fe-
39 Athlone, Robert Swindells, J. Denapster. j bruary 1,
40 Augher, John Dillon, John Murray, Barnabas Thomas.
Change every fourth Monday.
41 Armagh, Thomas Ryan, John Smith,
John Morgan, Thomas Halliday.
Q. 8. What number are in the Societv at
London? - - 2250
Sussex - - 176
Kent - - - 147
Colchester - - 145
Norwich - - 293
Bedford - - 208
Oxfordshire - - 142
Wilts - - 840
Bristol - - 1064
Devon - -413
Cornwall, East - 558
West - 1602
Staffordshire - - 906
Cheshire - - 525
Lancashire - - 1875
Derbyshire - - 741
Ireland - - 2801
Sheffield - - 591
Q. 9.
A. £121. 95.
Q. 10. This ^
be done to procure a sufficient supply ?
AA. Let every Preacher seriously consider the urgency of the case.
2. Let the Midsummer Collection be made in every place,
great and small.
3. Let a Subscription be set on foot at Dublin, Newcastle,
Leeds, Manchester, and Liverpool.
Q. 11. What is the Yearly Subscription?
A. £804. 145. %\d.
Q. 12. What part of this was paid for law?
A. £134. Is.
Q. 13. What, to supply the necessities of the Preachers?
A. £148.
14. What is reserved for contingent expenses ?
£30. 135. 9kd.
15, What remained to be divided ?
£491. 195. 11^.
Q. 16. How many places petition for help?
A. About seventy.
What is the Kingswood
Epworth
-
.
769
Grimsby
.
-
693
Leeds -
.
.
1120
Eirstal
.
.
1491
Haworth
.
_
1366
York -
-
.
1000
Yarm -
-
.
825
The Dales
-
_
833
Newcastle
.
-
1837
Glasgow
.
.
64
Dunbar
-
.
40
Edinburgh
_
.
150
Dundee
.
-
40
Aberdeen
.
-
174
Wales -
_
_
233
In all
25,911
Collection?
answer the demand.
What can
Q.
A.
Q-
A.
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Q. 17. What can be done to enlarge tins Collection?
A. 1. Let every Assistant begin the Subscription at Christmas,
and begin the Collection at Easter.
2. Let him lay the whole case before the people^ and urge
them to do all they can.
Q. 18. Can we make a push toward paying. the whole debt?
A. I will state the case in writing to the most substantial
men in our Society.
Q. 19. What is received this year for the Preachers' Fund?
A. £54. Us. 6d.
Q. 20. Need any rule be added relative to this?
A. Yes. Let none have any claim on this Fund till it amounts
to five hundred pounds.
2. Let it never sink lower than this.
3. Let a Preacher's widow receive yearly a sum not exceeding
ten pounds during her widowhood.
4. No money shall be returned to an excluded Preacher.
Q. 21. Who are the present Stewards for the Preachers'
Fund?
A. Joseph Cownley and John Murlin.
Q. 22. Who are the present Committee ?
A. Peter Jaco, Duncan Wright, Thomas Hanby, Robert
Roberts, Alexander Mather, Peter Price, Thomas Johnson, John
Pawson, James Oddie, Mark Davis, Thomas Olivers, William
Penington.
Q. 23. What is the safest way of leaving a legacy for the use
of these Funds ?
A. To leave it absolutely to a person they can confide in;
suppose, to Mr. Wesley.
Q. 24. When and where may our next Conference begin ?
A. At Bristol, the third Tuesday in August.
Q. 25. Are our preaching-houses settled in our form safe?
Should we not have the opinion of a counsel?
A. I think not. 1. Because the form was drawn up by three
eminent counsellors.
But, 2. It is the way of every counsel to blame what another
counsel has done. But you cannot at all infer that they think it
wrong because they say so.
3. If they did in reality think it wrong, that would not prove
that it was so.
4. If there was (which I do not believe) some defect therein,
who would go to law with the body of Methodists ?
5. And if they did, would any Court in England put them out
of possession ? Especially when the intent of the deed is plain
and undeniable ?
Q. 26. The Wednesbury Trustees are afraid lest the Confer-
ence should impose on them one Preacher for many years.
May not this be guarded against ?
74 1767.
A. Yes. By inserting in the deed, " provided that the same
Preacher shall not be sent, ordinarily above one, never above two
years together."
Q. 27. How may the books be spread more ?
A. Let every Assistant give them away prudently; and beg
money of the rich, to buy books for the poor.
Q. 28. How may our preaching be more extensively useful ?
A. Wherever we have a large preaching-house at one end of
a great town, let us preach abroad at the other end of it, every
Sunday morning, at least, if it be fair. The want of preaching
abroad, and of preaching in new places, has greatly damped the
work of God.
Q. 29. What can be done to revive the work ?
A. 1. Let there be a general fast in all our Societies, on
Friday, September 18.
2. Let there be such a fast once a quarter.
3. Let any Assistant appoint an occasional fast in his Circuit.
4. Let every Preacher strongly insist upon practical religion
and relative duties; but in such a manner as to keep Christ
continually in view.
5. Exhort the Leaders of Bands to speak to those with them
in the closest manner possible.
6. Encourage all, at the public meeting of the Bands, to speak
with all openness and simplicity.
Q. 30. How may we put a stop to smuggling ?
A. 1. Speak tenderly and frequently of it in every Society
near the coasts.
2. Carefully disperse the "Word to a Smuggler."
3. Expel all who will not leave it oflf.
4. Silence every Local Preacher that defends it.
Q. 31. How may we prevent bribery at the ensuing election
for Members of Parliament ?
A. 1 . Largely show the wickedness of thus selling our country,
in every Society.
2. Do the same thing in private conversation.
3. Read everywhere the " Word to a Freeholder," and disperse
it, as it w-ere, with both hands.
But observe, a voter may suffer his expenses to be borne, and
not incur any blame.
Q. 32. By the absence of Preachers during the Conference,
many places have sustained much loss. How may this be
prevented ?
A. 1. Let not all the Preachers in any Circuit come to the
Conference.
2. Let those who do come set out as late as possible.
3. Let them return as soon as possible.
4. Let none of those who are left in the Circuit go out of it during
the Conference. This is the most improper time in the whole year.
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Let us all be men of one business. We live only for this, — to
save our own souls, and them that hear us.
London, August 20, 1767.
\
BRISTOL, Tuesday, August 16, S^c, 1768.
Q. 1. What Preachers are. .AnMTiijED this year?
A. Thomas Janes, S^ancis Asbury, John Peacock, John
Wittam, Thomas Cherry, William Hunter, Joseph Harper, John
Smith, Wilham Collins, Thomas Halliday, and William Harry.
Q. 2. Who REMAINS ON TRIAL?
A. None.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial ?
A. John Duncan, George Shadford, Jonathan Crowle, John
Goodwin, Robert Howard, Richard Seed, Samuel Bardsley,
Stephen Proctor, Martin Rodda, Joseph Garnet, Robert Bell,
and Christopher Watkins.
Q. 4. Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING ?
A. William Fugill and John Davis.
Q. 5, Who act as Assistants this year?
A. Peter Jaco, James Glassbrook, T. Hanson, Duncan Wright,
T. Hanby, Benjamin Rhodes, Nicholas Manners, James Cotty,
John Whitehead, John Furz, Samuel Levick, T. Rankin, John
Pawson, Thomas Brisco, Alexander Mather, T. Johnson, Robert
Costerdine, John Ellis, Isaac Brown, John Oliver, Christopher
Hopper, Daniel Bumstead, Thomas Mitchell, Samuel Woodcock,
Jacob, Rowell, Richard Boardman, James Oddie, Joseph Pilmoor,
George Hudson, William Thompson, T. Simpson, John Helton,
R. Bourke, George Story, John Dillon, John Mason, T. Taylor.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of the Preachers?
A. Name them one by one. (Which was done.)
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed ?
A. As follows : —
1 London, Peter Jaco, John Murlin, Mark Davis.
2 Sussex, J. Glassbrook, Richard Henderson.
3 Kent, Thomas Hanson, Thomas Janes.
4 Colchester, Francis Asbury.
5 Norwich, Duncan Wright, Alexander M'Nab.
6 Bedfordshire, T. Hanby, John Duncan.
7 Oxfordshire, Benjamin Rhodes, Martin Rodda.
8 Wilts, South, N. Manners, William Barker.
9 iVor^A, James Cotty, Jonathan Crowle.
10 Bristol, John Whitehead, William Whitwell.
11 Devon, John Furz, John Magor.
12 Cornwall, East, Samuel Levick, John Easton, John Good-
win.
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1768.
13 Cornwall, West, T. Rankin, Lancelot Harrison, George
Shadford, Thomas Westell.
14 Staffordshire, John Pawson, J. W. John Allen.
15 C/ieshire, Thomas Olivers, W. Harry, (Stephen Proctor.)
16 Lancashire, South, A. Mather, J. Standring.
North, Thomas Brisco, John Oldham.
17 Derbyshire, Thomas Johnson, John Nelson, Will. Darney.
18 Sheffield, Robert Costei'dine, John Wittam.
19 Lincoln, East, John Ellis, John Peacock, John Poole.
20 West, Isaac Brown, John Shaw, Thomas Carlill.
21 Leeds,
22 Birstal,
23 Haivorth,
24 York,
25 Yarm,
26 The Dales,
27 Neiv castle,
28 Wales,
29 Dimbar,
30 Edinburgh,
32 Glasgoiv,
33 Dublin,
34 Water/or d,
35 Cork,
36 Limerick,
37 Castlebar,
38 Athlone,
39 Augher,
40 Armagh,
John Oliver, Robert Roberts.
C. Hopper, T. Lee, Daniel Bumstead, Parson
Greenwood.
T. Mitchell, Joseph Guilford, William Ellis,
Thomas Newall.
Samuel Woodcock, Jeremiah Robertshaw, Jam.
Longbotham, Samuel Bardsley.
Jacob Rowell, William Brammah, Jas. Brown-
field.
Richard Boardman, W. Hunter, Joseph Garnet,
Robert Bell.
Joseph Cownley, James Oddie, Supernumerary,
Matthew Lowes, Joseph Thompson.
G. Hudson, Joseph Harper, Joseph Pilmoor,
Moseley Cheek.
William Minethorp.
William Thompson.
31 Dundee, Perth, Aberdeen, Thomas Cherry, Thomas Simpson,
Robert Howard.
John Atlay.
T. Taylor, John Johnson, Supernumerary.
James Dempster.
J. Dillon, George Story.
Richard Bourke, J. Mason.
W. Collins, R. W.
Barnabas Thomas, John Murray.
T. Halliday, Joseph Smith, J. Rea.
Christopher Watkins, Hugh Saunderson, Rich-
ard Steel.
What numbers are in the Society at
Q. 8.
London?
Sussex
Kent
Essex
Norfolk
Bedfordshire -
Oxfordshire -
Wilts
2180
176
230
128
316
170
160
956
Bristol
- 1177
Devon
384
Cornwall, East
543
West
- 1495
Staffordshire -
- 1994
Cheshire
484
Lancashire
- 2000
Derbyshire -
676
1768.
77
Sheffield
Epworth
Grimsby
Leeds
Birstal
Haw or til
York
Yarm
The Dales
Newcastle
Q
A
Q
A
600
Dunbar
871
Edinburgh
707
Dundee
1088
Aberdeen
1476
Perth
1356
Glasgow
1050
Wales
892
Ireland
890
1910
In all
40
146
46
150
24
76
250
2700
27,341
9. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
£173.
10. What is contributed towards the debt ?
£5,660.
Q. 11. What part of this was paid for law?
A. £182.
Q. 12. What, to supply the necessities of the Preachers?
A. £26.
Q. 13. What reserved for contingent expenses?
A. £100 : so that near £5,000 were paid away.
Q. 14. What is the whole debt remaining in England, Scot-
land, and Ireland ?
A. As near as we can compute, it is £7,728.
Q. 15. Would it not be proper for all the deeds relating to
preaching-houses to be lodged in one place ?
A. Certainly it would. Let a strong box be prepared for
them in London.
Q. 16. Many have contributed largely this year, supposing
the debt would be paid off at once : can we ask these to con-
tribute again ?
A. We cannot press them ; it must be left to their own
generosity.
Q. 17. What is received this year for the Preachers^ Fund?
A. £42.
Q. 18. Is it proper that none should have any claim on this
Fund till it amounts to five hundred pounds? And that it
should never sink lower than this ?
A. By no means. This is mere worldly prudence. Let those
two rules be abolished.
/''5N19. Who succeeds William Penington?
[ ^. \rhomas Taylor.
V-QT 20. Where and when may our next Conference begin ?
A. At Leeds, the first Tuesday in August.
Q. 21. We have very imperfect accounts of all things from
Ireland and Scotland. How may this be remedied ?
A. Let the Assistants of Dublin and Edinburgh, Thomas
Taylor and William Thompson, procure, and bring or send to
the Conference, an exact account of the Societies, the Yearly
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Subscription, the Collection for Kings wood, and the Preachers'
Fund.
Q. 22. Should Itinerant Preachers follow trades ?
A. This is an important question. And, as it is the first time
it has come before us, it will be proper to consider it thoroughly.
The question is not, whether they may occasionally work with
their hands, as St. Paul did; but whether it be proper for them to
keep shop, and follow merchandise. Of those who do at present,
it may be observed, they are unquestionably upright men. They
are men of considerable gifts. We see the fruit of their labour,
and they have a large share in the esteem and love of the people.
All this pleads on their side, and cannot but give us a prejudice
in their favour. Three of these urge necessity for doing this :
one, that he may help his aged father ; another, that he may
maintain his wife ; a third, that he may keep his children. A
fourth does not plead any necessity, but a desire of doing more
good. One answered J. O., " If you cannot help your father
without trading, and if the Societies either cannot or will not, I
will allow him what you allow him now. So this necessity is at
an end." To Ja. O. it was answered, " Your wife wants nothing
yet. It is not likely she ever will. You have money beforehand.
So your necessity is not yet begun." To K. R., " You do not
want now. When you do want anything for your children, you
shall have it. So here is no necessity." As to the second plea,
doing more good, it was inquired. Is it not doing evil that good
may come ? Is not the thing in question both evil in itself, (for
us,) and evil in its consequences ? First, Is it not, with regard
to Travelling Preachers, evil in itself? Is it well consistent with
that scripture, 2 Tim. ii. 4, " No man that warreth," (takes on
him the profession of a soldier, as we eminently do,) " entangleth
himself with the aflfairs of this life : " plainly referring to the
Roman law, which absolutely forbad any soldier to foiloAv any
other profession ? Is it well consistent with that word, " Give
attendance to reading, to exhortation, to teaching : meditate on
these things, give thyself wholly to them?" (i Tim. iv. 13, 15.)
Can we be said to give ourselves wholly to these things, if we follow
another profession ? Does not our Church, in her Office of Ordi-
nation, require every Minister to do this? If they do not, the more
shame for them. But this plainly shows what both they and we
ought to do. We indeed more particularly ; because God has
called us to " provoke them to jealousy," to supply their lack of
service to the sheep that are as without shepherds, and to spend
and be spent therein. We above all ; because every Travelling
Preacher solemnly professes to have nothing else to do; and
receives his little allowance for this very end, that he may not
need to do anything else, that he may not be entangled in the
things of this life, but may give himself wholly to these things.
Secondly, Is it not evil in its consequences ? Have not some
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ill consequences appeared already ? And is there not the greatest
reason to apprehend that still worse would follow ? We are con-
cerned to give no offence, either to Jew or Gentile, or to the
church of God. But this has already offended, not only many
of the world, but many of our own brethren. Many of the
Preachers, in particular, have been much grieved: yea, and those
most who were most alive to God. Now, the beginning of
offence is as when one letteth out water ; who can gather it up
again? They are grieved the more, because they apprehend this
would be an increasing evil. For where will it stop ? If one
Preacher follows trade, so may twenty ; so may every one. And
if any of them trade a little, why not ever so much ? Who can
fix how far he should go ? Therefore we advise our brethren
who have been concerned herein, to give up all, and attend to
the one business. And we doubt not but God will recompense
them a hundred fold, even in this world, as well as in the world
to come.
It is true, this cannot be done on a sudden. But it may
between this and the next Conference. And even as to the
drops that many sold, if their wives sell them at home, well ;
but it is not proper for any Preacher to hawk them about. It has
a bad appearance. It does not well suit the dignity of his calling.
Q. 23. In many places the work of God seems to stand still.
What can be done to revive and enlarge it ?
A. 1. Much good has been done by the books which have
been published : and more would be, if they were spread more
effectually. At present there is a grand defect herein, almost
all over Great Britain and Ireland. Thousands of our brethren
never saw or heard of the most useful books we have printed.
Many have heard of them, but cannot have them, though they
have desired it over and over. Little can be done to remedy
this, unless all of you will lend a helping hand. You may do
this by recommending reading to all the people, frequently and
earnestly ; not only in general, but reading this or that tract in
particular : by reading a page or two of a book in the congre-
gation, and then recommending it : by carrying round with you
this or that book, suitable to the subject of your sermon : by
begging money of the rich to buy tracts for the poor, and giving
them away prudently : and by recommending none but those
which we recommend, and selling none else ; which Avill effectu-
ally prevent the improper publications either of Itinerant or
Local Preachers.
2. Let there be more field-preaching : without this, the work
of God Avill hardly increase in any place.
3. Let the preaching at five in the morning be constantly
kept up, wherever you can have twenty hearers. This is the
glory of the Methodists. Whenever this is dropped, they will
dwindle away into nothing. Rising early is equally good for
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soul and body. It helps the nerves better than a thousand
medicines ; and, in particular, preserves the sight, and prevents
lowness of spirits, more than can well be imagined.
4. As soon as there are four men or women believers in any
place, put them into a Band. These need to be inquired after
continually, and the place of any that do not meet supplied. In
every place where there are Bands, meet them constantly, and
encourage them to speak without reserve.
5. Be conscientiously exact in the whole Methodist Discipline.
And, that you may understand it, read over carefully the "Plain
Account of the People called Methodists,'^ and the several
" Minutes " of the Conferences.
One part of our Discipline has been generally neglected, viz.,
the changing of the Stewards. This has been attended with ill
consequences : many Stewards have been ready to ride over the
Preacher's head. Let every Assistant, at the next Quarterly-
Meeting, change one Steward at least, in every Society, if there
be therein any other man that can keep an account.
6. Beware of formality in singing, or it will creep in upon us
unawares. Is it not creeping in already, by those complex tunes
which it is scarce possible to sing with devotion ? Such is,
"Praise the Lord, ye blessed ones ! " Such the long quavering
Hallelujah, annexed to the Morning- Song tune, which I defy
any man living to sing devoutly. The repeating the same word
so often, (but especially while another repeats different words,
the horrid abuse which runs through the modern church-music,)
as it shocks all common sense, so it necessarily brings in dead
formality, and has no more of religion in it than a Lancashire
hornpipe. Beside that, it is a flat contradiction to our Lord's
command, " Use not vain repetitions." For what is vain repeti-
tion, if this is not? What end of devotion does it serve?
Again. Do not suffer the people to sing too slow. This
naturally tends to formality, and is brought in by those who
have very strong or very weak voices. Is it not possible, that
all the Methodists in the nation should sing equally quick?
Why should not the Assistant see that they be taught to sing
in every large Society? And do this in such a manner, as to
obviate the ill effects which might otherwise spring therefrom ?
7. Let a fast be observed in all our Societies, on Friday,
September 30, and on the Friday after New-Year's-day, after
Lady-day, and after Midsummer- day next.
8. Which of us " fasts every Fiiday in the year? " Which of
us fasts at all ? Does not this show the present temper of our
minds (though not of all) soft and unnerved? How then can we
advance the work of 'God, though we may preach loud and long
enough ? Here is the root of the evil. Hence the work of God
droops ; few are convinced, few justified, few of our brethren
sanctified. Hence more and more doubt, if we are to be sancti-
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fied at all till death : I mean, sanctified throughout, saved from
all sin, perfected in love. That we may all speak the same thing,
I ask, once for all, Shall we defend this perfection, or give it up ?
You all agree to defend it ; meaning thereby, as we did from the
beginning, salvation from all sin, by the love of God and our
neighbour fiUing the heart. The Papists say, " This cannot be
attained, till we have been a sufficient time in purgatory." The
Dissenters say, " Nay, it will be attained as soon as the soul aud
body part." The old Methodists said, "It may be attained
before we die : a moment after is too late." Is it so, or no ?
You are all agreed, we may be saved from all sin before death.
The substance then is settled. But as to the circumstance, is the
change instantaneous or gradual ? It is both one and the other.
From the moment we are justified, there may be a gradual sanc-
tification, or a growing in grace, a daily advance in the know-
ledge and love of God. And if sin ceased before death, there
must, in the nature of the thing, be an instantaneous change.
There must be a last moment wherein it does exist, and a first
moment wherein it does not. But should we, in preaching, insist
on both one and the other ? Certainly we must insist on the
gradual change ; and that earnestly and continually. And are
there not reasons why we should insist on the instantaneous
also ? If there be such a blessed change before death, should
we not encourage all believers to expect it ? And the rather,
because constant experience shows, the more earnestly they
expect this, the more swiftly and steadily does the gradual work
of God go on in their souls. The more watchful they are against
all sin, the more careful to grow in grace, the more zealous of
good works, and the more punctual in their attendance on all
the ordinances of God. Whereas, just the contrary effects are
observed whenever this expectation ceases. They are saved by
hope ; by this hope of a total change, saved with a gradually
increasing salvation. Destroy this hope, and that salvation
stands still ; or rather decreases daily. Therefore, whoever would
advance the gradual change in believers, should strongly insist
upon the instantaneous.
9. But how far from entire sanctification are we still? The
religion of the Methodists in general is not internal ; at least,
not deep, universal, uniform: but superficial, partial, uneven.
And what pains do we take to make it otherwise ? Do we visit
from house to house, according to the plan laid down in the
Minutes ? Have you done this ? Mr. Colley begun ; but he is
gone to paradise. And who has trod in his steps ? What hin-
ders? Want of time? Only (as William Penington said)
spend half the time in this visiting, which you spend in talking
uselessly, and you will have time enough. Do this, particularly,
in confirming and building up believers. Then, and not till then,
the work of the Lord will prosper in your hands.
Vol. I. ^ G
82 1769.
10. But what can we do for the rising generation ? Unless
we can take care of these, the present revival of religion will be
res unius cetatis : it will last only the age of a man. Who will
labour herein ? Let him that is zealous for God, and the souls
of men, begin now.
(1.) Spend an hour a week with the children in every large
town, whether you like it or no.
(2.) Talk with them every time you see any at home.
(3.) Pray in earnest for them.
(4.) Diligently instruct and vehemently exhort all parents at
their own houses.
(5.) Preach expressly on this, particularly at Midsummer,
when you speak of Kingswood.
11. Let every Preacher read carefully over the Life of Mr.
Brainerd. Let us be followers of him as he was of Christ ; in
absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in
fervent love to God and man. We want nothing but this.
Then the world and the devil must fall under our feet.
12. Lastly, (1.) Let us keep to the Church. Over and above
all the reasons that were formerly given for this, we add another
now from long experience : They that leave the Church leave
the Methodists. The Clerg}'^ cannot separate us from our
brethren ■ the Dissenting Ministers can and do. Therefore,
carefully avoid whatever has a tendency to separate men from
the Church ; in particular, preaching at any hour which
hinders them from going to it. Let every Assistant look to
this.
(2.) Let all the servants in our preaching-houses go to church
on Sunday morning at least.
(3.) Let every Preacher go always on Sunday morning, and,
when he can, in the afternoon. God will bless those who go on
week-days too, as often as they have opportunity.
LEEDS, Tuesday, August 1, ^c.,l769.
Q. 1, What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. George Shadford, Eobert Howard, John Goodwin,
Eichard Seed, Samuel Bardsley, Stephen Proctor, Martin Rodda,
Joseph Garnet, Christopher Watkins, and Francis Wolfe.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. John Duncan and Thomas Wride.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. William Pitt, Wiiham Ashman, William Whitaker,
Samuel Wells, James Hudson, Prancis Wrigley, Samuel Smith,
Robert Wilkinson, Thomas Dixon, Jonathan Hern, John Bredin,
and John M'Neese.
Q. 4. Who desist from travelling ?
1769. 83
A. Mark Davis, Jolm Whitehead, William Whitwell, Jonathan
Crowle, John Peacock, and Joseph Thompson.
Q. 5. Who act as Assistants this year?
A. Peter Jaco, Thomas Rankin, John Easton, E-ichard Hen-
derson, Benjamin Rhodes, John Mason, John Furz, John Hel-
ton, Samuel Levick, T. Westell, T. Hanson, James Glassbrook,
John Shaw, William Pitt, James Dempster, Alexander Mather,
Thomas Olivers, William Minethorp, Parson Greenwood,
Thomas Johnson, Isaac Brown, Daniel Bumstead, Christopher
Hopper, John Oliver, Thomas Mitchell, Joseph Guilford,
Robert Howard, Jacob Rowell, Joseph Cownley, Matthew
Lowes, Thomas Simpson, Duncan Wright, John Dillon, Hugh
Saunderson, Thomas Halliday, William Harry, and William.
Collins.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of the Preachers ?
A. !Name them one by one. (Which was done.)
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed ?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Pawson, John Allen, James Stephens.
2 Sussex, Thomas Rankin, Thomas Janes.
3 Kent, Peter Jaco, George Shadford.
4 Essex, f John Easton, ) ^i r it, i
5 Norfolk, I John Murray | Change every fourth week.
6 Bedfordshire, Richard Henderson, Francis Asbury.
7 Oxfordshire, Benjamin Rhodes, Richard Whatcoat.
8 Wiltshire, South, John Mason, Thomas Brisco.
9 North, John Furz, James Cotty, Martin Rodda.
10 Bristol, JohnHelton, Barnabas Thomas, Samuel Wells.
] 1 Devonshire, Samuel Levick, Francis Wolfe.
12 Cornwall, East, Thomas Westell, WilHam Ashman.
13 West, Thomas Hanson, John Goodwin, William
Brammah, James Hudson.
14 Staffordshire, James Glassbrook, James Clough, Jeremiah
Robertshaw, Francis Wrigley.
15 Cheshire, John Shaw, Richard Seed, Samuel Bardsley.
16 Wales, East, William Pitt, William Barker.
17 West, James Dempster, William Whitaker.
18 Lancashire, South, Alexander Mather, Robert Costerdine,
George Story.
19 North, Thomas Olivers, John Morgan.
20 Derbyshire, William Minethorp, Samuel Woodcock, Samuel
Smith, Thomas Barnes.
21 Sheffield, Parson Greenwood, James Longbotham.
22 Lincolnshire, East, Thomas Johnson, John Poole, W. Ellis.
23 West, Isaac Brown, John Ellis, Joseph Garnet.
24 Leeds, Daniel Bumstead, Is. W.
25 Birstal, Christopher Hopper, Robert Roberts.
26 Bradford, John Oliver, Thomas Lee.
G 2
84
1769.
27 Haworth,
28
29
Whitehaven,
York,
Thomas Mitchell, George Hudson, Thomas
Wride, David Evans.
Joseph Guilford, John Wittam.
Robert Howard, Thomas Carlill, N. Manners,
Joseph Fothergill.
Jacob E/Owell, James Brownfield, William
Hunter.
Matthew Lowes, Joseph Harper, James
Wiltam.
Joseph Cownley, John Murlin, John Nelson,
Thomas Hanby; James Oddie, Super-
numerarj^
Thomas Simpson.
John Atlay.
35 Dundee, Perth, Aberdeen, Duncan "Wright, Alexander
M'Nab, Thomas Cheny, Lancelot Harrison.
William Thompson.
J. Dillon; John Johnson, Supernumerary.
!H. Saunderson, Jonathan Hern, 1 Feb. 1,
Thomas Taylor, St. Proctor, V let T.
Richard Bourke. J Taylor
go to Limerick, S. Proctor to Waterford,
and R. Bourke and H. Saunderson to
Cork.
Thomas Dixon, John Bredin.
Thomas Newall, Christopher Watkins.
George Snowden, James Rea.
Thomas Halliday, John Smith.
William Harry, Robert Wilkinson.
William Collins, John Duncan, John
M'Neese.
Q. 8. What numbers are in the Society ?
A. They are as follow : —
London
Sussex
Kent
Essex
^Norfolk
Bedfordshire -
Oxfordshire
Wilts, South -
North -
Bristol
Devonshire
Cornwall, East
West
Staffordshire
Cheshire
30 Yarm,
31 Dales,
33 Newcastle,
33 Dunbar,
34 Edinburgh,
36 Glasgow,
37 Dublin,
38 Waterford,
39 Cork,
40 Limerick,
41 Castlebar,
42 Athlone,
43 Enniskillen,
4.4i Derry,
45 Augher,
46 Armagh,
2391
Lancashire,
South -
1340
181
*North -
607
252
Wales
.
300
134
Derbyshire
-
721
290
*Sheffield
-
595
260
Epworth
-
757
314
Grimsby
-
747
200
Leeds
_
1156
814
Birstal
.
859
1165
Bradford
-
732
433
Haworth
.
1269
630
Whitehaven
-
163
1600
York
-
1130
1090
Yarm
-
1031
575
The Dales
-
896
1769.
85
Newcastle
Dunbar
Edinburgh
Glasgow
1924
36
130
85
25
28
Aberdeen
Arbroath
Ireland -
In all
150
73
3180
28,263
Perth -
Dundee
N.B. In the Circuits marked thus * there are fewer members
than there were a year ago.
Q. 9. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
A. £187. 13*. 106^.
Q. 10. What is contributed towards the debt ?
A. £2,458. 19*. 7d.
Q. XI. How was this distributed ?
A. As follows : —
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
Law
300
0
0
Boston
- 22
0
0
Preachers' Neccss.
77
5
3
Louth
- 20
0
0
New- York -
50
0
0
Horncastle -
- 30
0
0
London
126
7
6
Leeds
- 30
0
0
Wandsworth
10
0
0
Horbury
- 30
0
0
Colchester -
2
10
6
Rothwell -
- 12
0
0
Norwich
71
5
9
Seacroft
- 12
0
0
Bedfordshire
5
5
0
Thorner
- 8
16
2
Oxfordshire -
10
0
0
Birstal
- 43
10
6
Portsmouth
20
17
0
Dawgreen -
- 50
0
0
Bradford
20
0
0
Morley
- 30
0
0
Shaftesbury -
15
0
0
Thong
- 101
0
0
Shepton Mallet -
15
0
0
Whitehaven
- 18
18
6
Collumpton
11
5
0
Bingley
- 10
0
0
Hill-Farrance
5
0
0
Heptonstall -
- 40
0
0
Axminster -
5
0
0
Padiham
- 10
0
0
Cornwall, East
61
0
0
Bradford
- 60
0
0
West -
76
0
0
HaHfax
- 6
1
5
Wednesbury
25
0
0
Yarm -
- 14
14
0
Darlington -
15
0
0
Whitby
- 70
0
0
Wolverhampton -
10
0
0
R. Bell
- 5
0
0
Stroud
9
0
0
Stokesley
- 10
0
0
Chester
9
0
0
Hutton
- 10
6
7
Burslem
70
0
0
Stockton
- 40
0
0
Congleton -
20
0
0
Thirsk
- 20
16
6
Macclesfield and )
Stockport j
30
0
0
Monkwearmouth 94
7
11
Edinburgh -
- 49
16
6
Derby
150
0
0
Dundee
- 8
0
0
Nottingham
7
7
0
St. Daniel's -
- 21
0
0
Burton
4
8
6
Ireland
^ 300
0
0
Shpffipld
e
0
0
OlXCillClil - -
Rotherham -
o
29
yj
0
0
£2458
19
7
Bradwell
9
0
0
86 1769.
Q. 12. What is reserved for contingent expenses ?
A. Nothing.
~Q. 13. We have a pressing call from our brethren at New-
York, (who have built a preaching-house,) to come over and help
them. Who is willing to go ?
A. Richard Boardman and Joseph Pilmoor.
Q. 14. What can we do further in token of our brotherly-
love?
A. Let us now make a collection among ourselves. (This was
immediately done ; and out of it £50 were allotted towards the
payment of their debt, and about £20 given to our brethren for
\ their passage.)
Q. 15. What is the whole debt remaining ?
A. Between five and six thousand pounds.
Q. 16. What is contributed towards the Preachers' Fund?
A. £48. 165. 6d.
Q. 17. Who may succeed Mark Davis?
A. John Helton and Christopher Hopper.
Q. 18. Who may be Clerks for this, and for the money collected
on account of the debt ?
A. John Helton and Christopher Hopper.
Q. 19. What can be done to encourage our brethren in con-
tributing to pay the remaining debt ?
A. 1. Let whatever is collected in any Circuit be paid away
in that Circuit, as long as any debt remains therein.
2. Let whatever is contributed in any single place, which is
in debt, pay that as far as it will go.
3. Whereas twelve Circuits are already quite out of debt, let
the money contributed therein be always produced at the
Conference, which shall be sent wherever we judge it is
most wanted.
Q. 20. We have this year spent above two days in temporal
business. How may we avoid this for the time to come ?
A. Let the Clerks do as much of it as they can by themselves,
and it will save us half the time.
Q. 21. Where and when raa}'^ om* next Conference begin?
A. At London, the first Tuesday in August.
Q. 22. Does it belong to each Circuit to provide the Preachers
who need them with horses, saddles, and bridles ?
A. Undoubtedly it does ; for they cannot be supposed to buy
them out of their little allowance.
Q. 23. Many inconveniences have arisen from the present
method of providing for Preachers^ wives. The Preachers who
are most wanted in several places cannot be sent thither because
they are married. And if they are sent, the people look upon
them with an evil eye, because they cannot bear the burden of
their families. How may these inconveniences be remedied ?
A. 1. Let each Society contribute what it usually does now.
1769. 87
"owards maintaining the families of married Preachers. For
Qstance : the London Society can assist two married Preachers,
Let them contribute .€5 a quarter ; Sussex, £2. lOs. for one ;
Sahsbury Circuit, Bradford, Bristol, Devon, Cornwall East, the
same ; Cornwall West, £o ; Staffordshire and Cheshire, £2. 10s. ;
Manchester Circuit, £o ; Liverpool, £3. 155.; Derbyshire, ^2.
10*.; Sheflfield, £S. I5s. ; Lincolnshire East, £6 ; West, £3. 155.;
Leeds, £5; Birstal, £5; Bradford, £3. 15s.; Haworth, £o ;
York, £5 ; Yarm, £5 ; The Dales, £5 ; Newcastle, £7. 10s.
Here is provision for six-and-thirty wives, at £2. 10s. a quarter
each. At present we have only two-and-thirty in England,
besides those that keep themselves. But, as several of them
have children, the overplus is to be divided among them as
need requires.
2. Let the General Steward in each Circuit see that the sum
above-mentioned be paid at the Quarterly Meeting.
3. Let each married Preacher therein receive his share.
4. If anything remains, let the Assistant send it to the
nearest Circuit where there is any deficiency, till we can pro-
cure a General Steward for this Fund, at London, at Bristol,
and at Leeds.
By this means, whether the Preachers in any particular Cir-
cuit are married or single, it makes no difference ; so that any
Preacher may be sent into any Circuit without any difficulty.
Q. 24. How shall we procure an exact account of things in
Scotland and Ireland ?
A. Let John Atlay procure such an account in Scotland, and
John Johnson in Ireland.
Q. 25. Those who keep the books in many places have been
extremely careless : How can this be prevented for the time
to come ?
A. Let John Helton look over the books in every place, and,
where it is needful, change the book-keepers.
Friday, August 4ith, Mr. W. read the following paper : —
My dear Brethren,
1. It has long been my desire, that all those Ministers of our
Church who believe and preach salvation by faith might
cordially agree between themselves, and not hinder but help
one another. After occasionally pressing this in private con-
versation, wherever I had opportunity, I wrote down my thoughts
upon the head, and sent them to each iu a letter. Out of fifty
or sixty to whom I wrote, only three vouchsafed me an answer.
So I give this up. I can do no more. They are a rope of
sand ; and such they will continue.
2. But it is otherwise with the Travelling Preachers in our
Connexion : you are at present one body. You act in concert
88 1769.
with each other, aud by united counsels. And now is the time
to consider what can be done in order to continue this union.
Indeed, as long as I live, there will be no great difficulty : I
am, under God, a centre of union to all our Travelling as well
as Local Preachers.
They all know me and my communication. They all love me
fof my work's sake : and, therefore, were it only out of regard
to me, they will continue connected with each other. But by
what means may this connexion be preserved when God
removes nie from you?
3. I take it for granted, it cannot be preserved by any means
between those who have not a single eye. Those who aim at
anything but the glory of God, and the salvation of men ; who
desire or seek any earthly thing, whether honour, profit, or
ease, will not, cannot continue in the Connexion ; it will not
answer their design. Some of them, perhaps a fourth of the
whole number, will procure preferment in the Church.
Others will turn Independents, and get separate congregations,
like John Edwards and Charles Skelton. Lay your accounts
with this, aud be not surprised if some you do not suspect be
of this number.
4. But what method can be taken to preserve a firm union
between those who choose to remain together ?
Perhaps you might take some such steps as these : —
On notice of my death, let all the Preachers in England and
Ireland repair to London within six weeks :
Let them seek God by solemn fasting and prayer :
Let them draw up articles of agreement, to be signed by those
who choose to act in concert :
Let those be dismissed who do not choose it, in the most
friendly manner possible :
Let them choose, by votes, a Committee of three, five, or
seven, each of whom is to be Moderator in his turn :
Let the Committee do what I do now ; propose Preachers to
be tried, admitted, or excluded ; fix the place of each Preacher
for the ensuing year, and the time of the next Conference.
5. Can anything be done now, in order to lay a foundation
for this future union ? Would it not be well, for any that are
willing, to sign some articles of agreement before God calls me
hence ? Suppose something like these : —
" We, whose names are underwritten, being thoroughly con-
vinced of the necessity of a close union between those whom
God is pleased to use as instruments in this glorious work, in
order to preserve this union between ourselves, are resolved,
God being our helper,
" I. To devote ourselves entirely to God ; denying ourselves,
taking up our cross daily ; steadily aiming at one thing, to save
our own souls, and them that hear us.
1770. 80
" II. To preach the old Methodist doctrines, and no other,
contained in the Minutes of the Conferences.
" III. To observe and enforce the whole Methodist discipline,
laid down in the said Minutes."
The Preachers then desired Mr. W. to extract the most
material part of the Minutes, and send a copy to each Assistant,
which he might communicate to all the Preachers in his Circuit,
to be seriously considered. Our Meeting was then concluded
with solemn prayer.
LONDON, Tuesday, August 7, ^fC, 1770.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. William Pitt, William Whitaker, Samuel Wells, James
Hudson, Francis Wrigley, Samuel Smith, Robert Wilkinson,
Thomas Dixon, Richard Whatcoat, Thomas Wride, John Peacock,
John Duncan, Joseph Thompson, Jonathan Crowle, Jonathan
Hern, William Ashman.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. David Evans, John Bredin, John M'Neese, Joseph
Garnet.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. John M'Evoy, Thomas Tennant, Edward Slater, Thomas
Janes, James Perfect, William Linnell, John Undrell, John
Floyd, William Winby, Stephen Nichols, Richard Wright,
George Wadsworth, Richard Rodda, Robert STfan, James
Watson, George Mowat, Michael M'Daniel, William Horner.
Q. 4. Who desist from travelling?
A. Robert Howard, James Brownfield, Joseph Pothergill,
James Barry, and James Rea.
Q. 5. Who act as Assistants this year?
A. John Pawson, Thomas Rankin, Benjamin Rhodes, George
Shadford, John Easton, John Furz, John Catermole, James
Cotty, Alexander Mather, John Mason, Samuel Wells, Thomas
Hanson, James Glassbrook, Jeremiah Robertshaw, John Shaw,
Robert Costerdine, James Dempster, William Pitt, Thomas
Taylor, Parson Greenwood, Thomas Olivers, Samuel Woodcock,
Isaac Brown, John Ellis, Daniel Burastead, John Oliver, Chris-
topher Hopper, Richard Seed, Joseph Thompson, Thomas Lee,
Thomas Johnson, Jacob Rowell, Peter Jaco, Duncan Wright,
George Story, Thomas Simpson, Samuel Levick, Thomas Dixon,
Thomas Newall, Stephen Proctor, Richard Bourke, William
Collins.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of the Preachers?
A. Name them one by one. (Which was done.)
90 1770.
Q. 7. Two years ago it was agreed that Itinerant Preachers
ought not to follow trades. How can we secure the observance
of this ?
A. It is agreed by all the brethren now met in Conference,
this 9th day of August, 1770, that no Preacher who will not
relinquish his trade of buying and selling, or making and vend-
ing pills, drops, balsams, or medicines of any kind, shall be
considered as a Travelling Preacher any longer ; and that it shall
be demanded of all those Preachers who have traded in cloth,
hardware, pills, drops, balsams, or medicines of any kind, at the
next Conference, whether they have entirely left it off or not.
But observe, we do not object to a Preacher's having a share
in a ship.
Q. 8. How are the Preachers stationed this year ?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Pawson, John INIurlin, Thomas Rankin,
John Allen, John Helton.
2 Sussex, Edward Slater, Francis Wolfe.
3 Ke7it, Benjamin Rhodes, John M'Evoy.
4 Essex, \ George Shadford,
5 Norfolk, j John Murray.
6 Bedfordshire, John Easton, Richard Whatcoat, James Perfect.
7 Oxfordshire, John Furz, John Duncan.
8 Wiltshire, South, John Catermole, Francis Asbury.
9 North, James Cotty, Barnabas Thomas, John
Magor.
10 Bristol, Alexander Mather, Thomas Janes.
11 Devonshire, John Mason, Thomas Brisco.
12 Cornwall, East, Samuel Wells, William Brammah, Jonathan
Crowle.
13 West, Thomas Hanson, William Ashman, James
Stevens, John Floyd.
14 Gloucestershire, James Glassbrook, Martin Rodda.
15 Staffordshire, Jeremiah R&bertshaw, James Clough.
16 Cheshire, North, John Shaw, Joseph Guilford.
17 South, Robert Costerdine, William Linnell.
18 Wales, West, Richard Rodda, William Whitaker.
19 East, James Dempster, William Barker.
20 North, Richard Henderson, William Pitt, John
Undrell.
21 Lancashire, South, Thomas Taylor, John Morgan.
22 North, Parson Greenwood, Thomas Westell.
23 Derbyshire, Thomas Olivers, John Poole, William Winby.
24 Sheffield, Samuel Woodcock, Samuel Bardsley.
25 Lincolnshire, East, Isaac Brown, George ]Mowat, Samuel
Smith.
26 West, John Ellis, J. W., William Ellis.
27 Leeds, Daniel Bumstead, Thomas Mitchell.
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91
28 Birsfal, John Oliver, John Atlay, Rohert Roberts.
29 Bradford, Christopher Hopper, George Wadsworth.
30 Haworth, Richard Seed, George Hudson, David Evans.
31 Whitehaven, Thomas Wride, Joseph Garnet.
32 York, Joseph Thompson, John Peacock.
33 Scarborough, Thomas Lee, Thomas Carlill.
34 Yarm, Thomas Johnson, John Nelson, William Hunter;
James Oddie, Supernumerary.
35 The Dales, Jacob Rowell, Lancelot Harrison, Christopher
Watkins.
36 Newcastle, Peter Jaco, Joseph Cownley, Thomas Hanby,
Matthew Lowes, Thomas Tennant,
37 Edinburgh, Duncan Wright, William Thompson.
38 Aberdeen, George Story, Thomas Cherry, Robert Swan.
39 Glasgow, Thomas Simpson, Alexander IVPNab.
40 Dublin, Samuel Levick, John Goodwin.
41 Waterford, Jonathan Hern, George Snowden.
42 Cork, Hugh Saunderson.
43 Limerick, James Hudson.
44 Castlebar, Stephen Proctor, Josiah Horner; Robert
Swindells, Supernumerary.
45 Athlone, Richard Bourke, John Bredin.
46 Enniskillen, Thomas Dixon, John M'Neese.
47 Armagh, Francis Wrigley, John Smith.
48 Derry, Thomas Newall, Robert Wilkinson.
49 Tandragee, John Wittam, Michael M'Daniel, Thomas Motte.
50 Amei'ica, Joseph Pilmoor, Richard Boardman, Robert Wil-
liams, John King.
Q. 9. What numbers are in the Society?
A. Thev are as follows : —
*London
- 2292
Lancashire, *
South
1406
Sussex
182
North
737
Kent
289
Derbyshire
-
883
*Essex
126
Sheffield
-
597
*Norfolk
231
*Lincolnshire, East -
717
Bedfordshire
270
West -
760
Oxfordshire -
354
Leeds
.
1355
Wiltshire, South
323
Birstal
.
965
*North
806
Bradford
-
807
Bristol
- 1236
Haworth
-
1333
Devon
482
Whitehaven
-
225
^Cornwall, East
602
York
-
1157
West
- 1709
Yarm
-
1034
Wales, West
84
The Dales
-
912
East -
142
*Newcastle
-
1862
North
120
*Dunbar
.
30
Staffordshire
- 1138
*Edinburgh
.
62
^Cheshire
565
*Glasgow
-
76
92
1770.
Perth
Dundee
Aberdeen
Arbroath
Dublin
Waterford
Cork
Limerick
413
461
164
223
154
Castlebar
388
Athlone
256
Enniskillen -
569
Armagh
299
Londonderry
60
Tan dragee
In all,
550
29,406
thus * there are
fewer members
N. B. In the Circuits mai
than there were a year ago.
Q. 10. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £218. 4s. 5d.
Q. 11. What is contributed towards the debt?
A. £1,958. lOs. 2d.
Q. 12. How was this distributed?
A. As follows : —
£. s.
d.
£.
.9.
d.
Contingencies
100 0
0
Chester -
- 60
8
2
Law
26 0
4
Cardiff -
- 3
10
0
London -
170 1
2i
St. Daniel's
- 9
0
0
Bow
12 10
0
Stockport
- 20
5
6
Contingen. for 1769
64 19
6
Bolton
- 25
0
0
Printing Minutes
2 19
6
Macclesfield
- 21
10
0
Preachers^ Necess.
81 5
3
Newmills -
- 12
0
0
Chatham -
20 7
6
Liverpool
- 34
0
0
Yarmouth
5 0
0
Congleton
- 7
0
0
Norwich -
116 11
Gi
Burslera -
- 15
0
0
Salisbury
4 13
6
Warrington
- 4
0
0
Portsmouth
21 10
9
Burton
- 30
0
0
Pareham -
3 3
0
Nottingham
- 7
9
9
Bradford
14 12
6
Creitch
- 6
1
0
Axminster
13 0
0
Sheffield -
- 48
10
2
Hill-Farrance
6 0
0
Boston
- 21
10
0
Collumpton
4 0
0
Louth
- 14 16
0
K-edruth -
10 0
0
Leeds
- 10
0
0
St. John's
32 15
8
Rothwell
- 17
15
0
Kerley
5 0
0
Horbury -
- 17
10
0
Stithians -
4 0
0
Armley -
- 17
10
0
Old Gwennap
20 0
0
Seacroft -
- 17
10
0
New ditto
2 2
2
Bradford -
- 50
6
8
Stroud
20 0
0
Heptonstall
- 4
12
0
Wednesbury
3 2
6
Rochdale
- 85
0
0
Birmingham
32 15
6
Millend -
- 1
10
6
Darlaston
3 3
4
Bacup
- 5
10
0
Cradley -
3 11
0
Padihara
- 8
0
0
Stourbridge
13 7
6
Yeadon
- 1
10
0
Wolverhampton -
5 0
0
Bingley -
- 6
6
2
Dudley -
2 0
0
Whitehaven
- 12
12
11
1770.
93
£. s.
d.
£. s.
d.
10 0
0
Ireland, being so
)
9 0
0
much collected
!>163 19
0
5 13
0
there
J
24 12
1
Aberdeen
- 50 0
0
4 12
6
Arbroath -
- 5 5
0
30 17
9
Dundee -
- 56 0
0
10 3
0
Perth
- 5 0
0
36 15
7
Glasgow -
- 12 0
0
60 6
6
Edinburgh
- 23 0
0
5 0
10 0
3
0
£1960 12
9
19 2
6
York
Yarm
Stockton
Whitby -
Hutton
Thirsk -
Stokesley
Barnardcastle
Weardale -
Teesdale -
Shields
Monk wearmouth
The old debt is only reduced i81,000 this year, and the
new £700.
Q. 13, What is the whole debt remaining?
A. The old, £5,671. The new debt, £1,287.
Q. 14. We gain no ground. The debt is larger now than it
was last year. How can we prevent its farther increase ?
A. By putting an absolute stop to all building for the ensuing
year. Let no new house be built; no addition or alteration
made in any old one, unless the proposers thereof can and will
defray the whole expense of it without lessening their Yearly
SuDscription,
Q. 15. What can be done in order to pay the old debt?
A. 1. Give a note to each Assistant, specifying the debts
toward which the money collected in each Circuit next year is to
be paid.
2. Let each Assistant encourage the people in each place, like
those in Birmingham, to make a push toward paying off their
own debt.
3. Consider the proposal of vesting all the houses in a general
trust, consisting of persons chosen out of the whole nation.
Only beware this does not interfere with the Yearly Subscription.
Do not drop the substance by catching at a shadow.
Q. 16. What shall we do to prevent scandal, when any of our
members becomes a bankrupt ?
A. In this case, let two of the principal members of the
Society be deputed to examine his accounts : and, if he has not
kept fair accounts, or has been concerned in that base practice of
raising money by coining notes, (commonly called the bill-trade,)
let him be immediately expelled the Society.
Q. 17. What is contributed toward the Preachers' Fund?
A. £47. 55. 3d.
Q. 18. Where and when may our next Conference begin?
A. At Bristol, the first Tuesday in August.
Q. 19. How many Preachers' wives are to be provided fcr ?
A. Forty-three.
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Q. 20. By what Societies?
A. As follows: — The Society in London provides for S.Easton,
Barker, And
Sussex, for S. Wolfe.
Wilts, South, 1 for S. Mather
and Bristol, j and Janes.
Devon, for S, Brisco.
Cornwall East, for S. Braramah,
and half for S. Henderson.
Cornwall West, S. Pitt, S.
Whitaker, and half for S.
Henderson.
Gloucestershire, for S. Richard
Rodda.
StafFordshire,for S. Robertshaw.
Sheffield, ha/f for S. Clough.
Cheshire North, for S. Shaw.
Haworth, \ half each for S.
Bradford, ) Guilford.
Cheshire South, for S. Coster-
dine.
Lancashire South, for S. Taylor
and S. Morgan.
Q. 21. But some have children
Lancashire North, for S.
Greenwood and Westell.
Derbyshire, for S. Poole.
Sheffield, for S. Woodcock.
Lincolnshire East, for S. Brown
and Swan.
Lincolnshire West, for S. W.
and Ellis.
Leeds, for S, Bumstead and
Mitchell.
Birstal, S. Oliver and Atlay.
Bradford, S. Hopper, ha/f for
S. Guilford.
Haworth, S, Evans and Garnet.
York, S. Peacock and Carlill.
Scarborough, S. Lee.
Yarm, S. Nelson, and
The Dales, S . Rowell & Harrison .
Newcastle, S. Jaco, Hanby, and
Lowes.
. How are these to be provided
for?
A. By the Societies where they labour.
Q. 22. What poor children may be admitted now at Kings-
wood School?
A. John Poole's child, and John Peacock's.
Q. 23. But how can we secure our masters ?
A. Ask each, before he is received.
Do you design to stay here ?
Have you any thoughts of being ordained ?
Have you any design to preach ?
Q. 24. How shall we procure an exact account of things in
Scotland and Ireland?
A. Let Duncan Wright procure such an account in Scotland,
and John Johnson in Ireland.
Q. 25. The late evening preaching, in some places, prevents
morning preaching. Is this right?
A. No. Let the evening preaching never begin later than
seven, in any place, except in harvest- time.
Q. 26. How shall each Assistant know the Exhorters in his
Circuit ?
A. Let each give his successor a list of them.
Q. 27. How can we prevent the loss, which many Circiuts
have sustained, by want of preaching during the Conference ?
A. Let no Preacher who does not attend the Conference leave
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the Circuit at that time, on any pretence whatever. This is the
most improper time in the whole year. Let every Assistant see
to this, and require each of these to remain in the Circuit till
the new Preachers come.
Q. 28. What can be done to revive the work of God where
it is decayed ?
A. 1. We must needs visit from house to house, were it only
to avoid idleness. I am afraid we are idle still. Do we not
loiter away many hours in every week ? Try yourselves. Keep
a diary of your employment but for a week, and then read it
over. No idleness can consist with growth in grace. Nay,
without exactness in redeeming time, it is impossible to retain
even the life you received in justification. Can we find a better
method of visiting than that set down in the Minutes of 1766,
pp. 63 — 68. When will you begin?
2. Observe what is remarked in the Minutes of 1768, pp.
79 — 81 ; particularly
With regard to dispersing the books.
With regard to field-preaching.
With regard to morning preaching, wherever jou can have
twenty hearers.
With regard to singing, to fasting, and to instantaneous
deliverance from sin.
3. Let a fast be observed in all our Societies, on Friday, Sept.
28, and on the Friday after New-Year's-day, after Lady-day, and
after Midsummer-day next.
4. Observe what is said, p. 82, with regard to the children in
every large town, with regard to Mr. Brainerd, and with regard
to the Church.
5. Let every Assistant so order the Sunday-noon preaching in
his Circuit, that no Preacher may be kept from church above
two Sundays in four.
6. Take heed to your doctrine.
We said, in 1744, "We have leaned too much toward Calvin-
ism.^' Wherein ?
1. With regard to man's faithfulness. Our Lord Himself
taught to use the expression. And we ought never to be
ashamed of it. We ought steadily to assert, on His authority,
that if a man is not " faithful in the unrighteous mammon,^' God
will not give him the true riches.
2. With regard to ivorking for life. This also our Lord
has expressly commanded us. "Labour" — Ipy a ^ecrSs, literally,
" work" — " for the meat that endureth to everlasting life." And,
in fact, every believer, till he comes to glory, works for as well
as from life.
3. We have received it as a maxim, that "a man is to do
nothing in order to justification." Nothing can be more false.
9G 1 770.
Whoever desires to find favour with God sliould " cease from
evil, and learn to do well." Whoever repents should do " works
meet for repentance." And if this is not in order to find favour,
what does he do them for ?
Review the whole affair.
1. Who of us is now accepted of God?
He that now believes in Christ, with a loving, obedient
heart.
2. But who among those that never heard of Christ?
He that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, according to
the light he has.
3. Is this the same with "he that is sincere?'^
Nearly, if not quite.
4. Is not this " salvation by works ? "
Not by the merit of works, but by works as a condition.
5. What have we then been disputing about for these thirty
years ?
I am afraid, about words.
6. As to mei'it itself, of which we have been so dreadfully
afraid : we are rewarded " according to our works," yea,
" because of our works." How does this differ from for the sake
of our works? And how differs this from secundum merita
operum, — as our works deserve ? Can you split this hair ? I
doubt I cannot.
7. The grand objection to one of the preceding propositions
is drawn from matter of fact. God does in fact justify those who,
by their own confession, neither feared God nor wrought right-
eousness. Is this an exception to the general rule ?
It is a doubt, God makes any exception at all. But how are
we sure that the person in question never did fear God and work
righteousness? His own saying so is not proof: for we know
how all that are convinced of sin undervalue themselves in every
respect.
8. Does not talking of a justified or a sanctified state tend to
mislead men? almost naturally leading them to trust in what
was done in one moment? Whereas, we are every hour and every
moment pleasing or displeasing to God, according to our works;
according to the whole of our inward tempers, and our outward
behaviour.
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BRISTOL, Tuesday, August 6, 1771.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. John Bredin, Joseph Garnet, James Perfect, WiUiara Lin-
nell, Riciiard-ffiright, William Winby, John Floyd, John Undrell,
George Wadsworth, Robert Swan, James Watson, George
Mowat, Charles Boon, Michael M'Donald, and William Horner.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. David Evans, Edward Slater, and Thomas Tennant.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Joseph Benson, Samuel Tooth, James Hindmarsb, John
Watson, John Bristol, John Brettell, Thomas Tatton, and
Thomas Eden.
Q. 4. Who act as Assistants this year ?
A. Alexander Mather, George Shadford, John Easton,
Samuel Wells, William Pitt, Richard Bourke, John Pawsoii,
Thomas Johnson, George Hudson, Thomas Rankin, John Eurz,
James Dempster, John Ellis, Robert Costerdine, Joseph Guil-
ford, John Shaw, Thomas Taylor, Parson Greenwood, Thomas
Olivers, Daniel Bumstead, Benjamin Rhodes, John Peacock,
Robert Roberts, John Oliver, Thomas Hanson, Jeremiah
Robertshaw, John Mason, Isaac Brown, Thomas Lee, Christopher
Hopper, Jacob Rowell, Peter Jaco, Duncan Wright, George
Story, John Goodwin, James Glassbrook, Thomas Dixon,
William Collins, Francis Wrigley, Robert Wilkinson, James
Hudson, Thomas Wride, Alexander M'Nab.
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers ?
A. Examine them one by one. (Which was done.)
Q. 6. How are they stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, J. W., C. W., A. Mather, Joseph Benson, John
Allen, John Helton.
2 Kent, James Clough, John Duncan.
3 Sussex, Thomas Newall, William Whitaker.
4 Norwich, George Shadford, John Floyd, John Undrell.
5 Bedfordshire, John Easton, Martin Rodda, John M'Evoy.
6 Oxfordshire, Samuel Wells, William Barker,
7 Wiltshire, South, William Pitt, William Ashman.
8 North, Richard Bourke, Thomas Brisco, James
Hindmarsb.
9 Bristol, John Pawson, John Murlin.
10 Devon, Thomas Johnson, Jonathan Crowle.
11 Cornwall, East, George Hudson, William Brammah, Richard
Rodda.
13 West, Thomas Rankin, Francis Wolfe, Samuel
Tooth, William Ellis.
13 Pembrokeshire, John Furz.
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1771.
14 Glamorganshire, John Bristol, John Brettelh
15 Brecon, James Dempster, Robert Empringham.
16 Gloucestershire, John EUis, James Cotty.
17 Staffordshire, Robert Costerdine, Richard Seed.
18 Chester, Joseph Guilford, Barnabas Thomas.
19 Macclesfield, John Shaw, Samuel Smith, Thomas Tatton.
20 Manchester, Thomas Taylor, John Bredin.
21 Liverpool, Parson Greenwood, Samuel Woodcock.
22 Derbyshire, Thomas Olivers, Samuel Bardsley, David Evans.
23 Lincolnshire, East, Benjamin Rhodes, Lancelot Harrison,
Thomas Tennant.
24 West, John Peacock, George INIowat, Charles
Boon.
25 Sheffield, DanielBumstead, Joseph Garnet, JohnMoulson.
26 Leeds, Robert Roberts, Thomas Mitchell.
27 Birstal, John Oliver, John Morgan, Thomas Westell.
28 Bradford, Thomas Hanson, John Atlay.
29 Haivorth, Jeremiah Ptobertshaw, Stephen Proctor, John
Poole,
30 Whitehaven, John Mason, William Linnell.
31 Yoi'k, Isaac Brown, John Nelson.
82 Hull, Joseph Thompson, J. W., Thomas Lee.
33 Yarm, Chris. Hopper, Thomas Carlill, Robert Swan.
34 The Dales, Jacob Rowell, Joseph Harper, William Hunter.
35 Newcastle, Peter Jaco, William Thompson, Thomas Simp-
son, Joseph Cownley.
36 Edinburgh, Duncan Wright, Thomas Hanby, Christopher
Watkin, Hugh Saunderson.
37 Aberdeen, George Story, George Wadsworth, James
Watson; Thomas Cherry, Supernumerary.
38 Dublin, John Goodwin, William Winby.
39 Wat erf or d, William Horner.
40 Cork, James Glassbrook, John Murray.
41 Limerick, William Collins.
42 Athlone, Thomas Dixon, Edward Slater, George Snow-
den; Robert Swindells, Supernumerary.
43 Gastlebar, Francis Wrigley, Jonathan Hern, Michael
M'Donald.
44 Enniskillen, Robert Wilkinson, James Perfect, Richard
Whatcoat, John Smith.
45 Londonderry, James Hudson.
46 Armagh, Thomas Wride, Nehemiah Price.
47 Newry, Alexander M'Nab, John Wittara, John Watson.
48 America, Richard Boardman, Joseph Pilmoor, Francis
Asbury, Richard Wright.
Q. 7. Our brethren in America call aloud for help. Who are
j willing to go over and help them?
A. Five were wilUng. The two appointed were Francis
Asbury and Richard Wright.
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99
Q. 8. What numl
lers i
ire in the Society ?
A. They are as follows
>: —
LondoQ
.
2420
Birstal
.
1111
Sussex
-
206
Bradford
-
831
*Kent
.
280
*Haworth
-
1241
Norfolk
.
389
Whitehaven
.
237
*Bedfordshire -
-
284
York -
-
558
*Oxfordshire -
-
350
Scarborough -
_
596
^Wiltshire, South
.
277
*Yarm
.
970
North
-
851
*The Dales -
.
874
Bristol
-
1271
*Newcastle
-
1747
^Devonshire -
-
402
Edinburgh
.
137
^Cornwall, East
-
570
Aberdeen
.
668
West
-
1927
Glasgow
-
87
Gloucestershire
-
387
*Dublin
_
402
* Staffordshire
.
706
*Waterford
-
160
Chester, North
-
559
Cork -
.
260
South
--
849
Limerick
-
168
Wales, West
-
112
Castlebar
-
418
*East -
-
130
Athtone
.
316
' North -
-
137
Enniskillen
-
669
*Lancashire, South
-
879
* Armagh - -
.
254
*North
-
622
Derry
-
405
Derbyshire
-
896
Newry
-
580
^Sheffield
-
652
America
-
316
*Lincolnshire, East
Wes
660
806
b -
In all
31,338
Leeds -
-
1711
N.B, In the Circuits marked thus * there are fewer members
than there were a year a
2f0.
Q. 9. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
A. £230. 1*. 8^.
\
Q. 10. What is contributed toward the debt ?
A. dl,665. 13s. 8id.
Q. 11. How was
this distributed ?
A. As follows : —
£.
s. d.
£.
s. d.
London
159
14 1
Chester, South -
30
8 6
Chatham -
11
11 6
Lancashire, North
35
11 9
Norwich -
237
16 7
South
53
5 8
Wilts, North -
28
0 0
Derbyshire
35
8 7
Pensford
40
0 0
Sheffield
30
10 6
Bath -
40
0 0
Lincoln, East -
21
13 4
Devonshire
19
12 6
Leeds -
74
0 0
Cornwall, W. -
25
10 0
Birstal -
85
11 0
Stroud -
21
12 9
Bradford
46
8 8
Staffordshire
87
2 1
Haworth
50
0 0
Chester, North -
56
10 8
H
Whitehaven
2
5
0 0
L^'
Scarborough
Yarm -
The Dales
Newcastle
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
100
£. s. d. 1
18 3 3 1 Preachers &
41 4 0 I Law
57 0 0 ! Cork -
75 1 3 Derry -
78 0 0 I
7 0 0
1771.
£. s. d.
180 16 1
10 0 0
25 0 0
In all £1,687 1.2 9
N.B. Here is more expended than received : this was supplied
out of money which was borrowed.
The old debt is only reduced 561,212. 7*. 7d. this year; the
new, £272. IO5.
Q. 12. Still we gain little ground. What can be done to
remove this heavy burden ?
A. Try a new method. 1. Let eveiy Methodist in England,
Scotland, and Ireland give for one year a penny a week.
2. Let those who are not poor in each Society pay for those that
are. 3. Let any of them who are minded contribute farther
weekly, as they shall see good. 4. Let this be paid by the
Leaders to the Assistant in each Circuit; and let him, 5. Bring
it to the ensuing Conference. If this is done, it will both pay
our whole debt, and supply all contingencies.
Q. 13. Where and when may this begin?
A. At Leeds, the first Tuesday in August.
Q. 14. What is added this year to the Preachers' Fund ?
A. £63. 8s. ^d.
Q. 15. What is given out of it?
A. To Ehzabeth
Standring
Elizabeth Oldham
Mary Penington
Ehzabeth Dillon
Q. 16. What remains?
A. £27. Ss. 5d.
Q. 17. How many Preachers' wives are to be provided for?
A. Eorty-four. (For three are removed, and four added.)
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
Samuel Levick -
5
5
0
10
0
0
Richard Lucas
- 5
5
0
5
5
5
5
0
0
£36
5
0
5
5
0
Q. 18. By what Societies?
A. London, S. Mather,
Duncan, Clough, half.
Sussex, S. Whitaker.
Cornwall, West, S. Easton,
Wolfe, Crowle, half.
Bristol, S. Barker, Pitt.
Devon, S. Ashman, half;
Cotty, half
Wilts, North, S. Bourke,
Brisco.
Cornwall, East, S. Brammah,
Rodda.
Gloucestershire, S. Ellis.
Staffordshire, S. Costerdine.
Chester, S. Guilford.
Manchester, S. Thomas, Tay-
lor.
Macclesfield, S. Shaw.
Liverpool, S. Greenwood,
Woodcock.
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Derbyshire, S. Evans.
Grimsby, S. Harrison, Westell.
Epworth, S. Peacock, Lee.
Sheffield, S. Bumstead.
Leeds, S. Garnet, Mitchell.
Birstal, S. Oliver, Morgan.
Bradford, S. Atlay.
Haworth, S. Robertshaw, Poole.
York &) S.Brown, |S. Wal-
Hull, J S, Nelson, j dron.
The Dales, S. Rowell, Hunter.
Yarm, S. Hopper, Carlill.
Newcastle, S. Swan, Jaco,
Hanby.
LEEDS, Tuesday, August 4, 1773.
Q. 1. What Preachers are ADMITTED this year?
A. Joseph Benson, Thomas Tatton, John Bristol, John
Pritchard.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Edward Slater, David Evans, Thomas Tennant, James
Hindmarsh, John Watson, John Brettell : because they were
not present ; otherwise they might have been admitted.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. William Eels, John Roberts, William Severn, John Broad-
bent, Thomas Payne, Thomas Rutherford, Robert Dall, John
Watson, John M'Burney, Robert Davis, and John Price.
Q. 4. Who desist from travelling ?
A. W. P. and B. T.
Q. 5. Who act as Assistants this year?
A. Alexander Mather, John Easton, William Barker, James
Clough, Thomas Hanson, Samuel Wells, Richard Bourke,
George Shadford, John Pawson, John Goodwin, Robert Wilkin-
son, James Dempster, Stephen Proctor, Martin Rodda, John
Furz, Francis Wolfe, Thomas Brisco, John Oliver, Samuel
Woodcock, John Murlin, John ]\Iason, John Shaw, Benjamin
Rhodes, Isaac Browm, Daniel Bumstead, William Thompson, T.
Taylor, John Atlay, Thomas Johnson, Jeremiah Robertshaw,
Thomas Rankin, William Hunter, Joseph Thompson, James
Watson, Christopher Hopper, George Story, Duncan Wright, Peter
Jaco, James Glassbrook, William Collins, John Chinstian, George
Snowden, James Hudson, Richard Whatcoat, and Thomas Wride,
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers ?
A. Examine them one by one. (Which was done.)
Q. 7. How are they stationed this year ?
A. As follows : —
1 London, J. W., A. Mather, Thomas Olivers, Thomas
Payne.
2 Kent, John Easton, John Undrell.
3 Sussex, William Barker, John Duncan.
4 Norwich, James Clough, John Pritchard, John Broad-
bent; Thomas Tennant, Supernumerary.
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1772.
5 Bedfordshire, Thomas Hanson, W. Ashman, John M'Evoy.
6 Oxfordshire, Samuel Wells, William Brammah.
7 Wiltshire, South, Richard Bourke, William Eels.
8 North, George Shadford, James Hindmarsh,
Jonathan Crowle, Thomas Newall.
9 Bristol, John Pawson, George Hudson ; John Allen,
Supernumerary.
10 Devon, John Goodwin, James Cotty.
11 Cornwall, East, Robert Wilkinson, William Ellis, John
Roberts.
12 West, James Dempster, Richard Rodda, Joseph
Bradford, William Whitaker.
13 Pembrokeshire, Stephen Proctor, Charles Boon.
14 Glamorganshire, Martin Rodda, James Barry.
15 Brecon, John Furz, John Brettell.
16 Gloucestershire, Francis Wolfe, Richard Seed.
17 Staffordshire, Thomas Brisco, Thomas Hanby.
John Oliver, Robert Costerdine.
Samuel Woodcock, David Evans, John
Bristol.
John Murlin, Joseph Guilford.
John Mason, Robert Roberts.
John Shaw, Samuel Bardsley, Joseph
Harper.
23 Lincolnshire, East, Benjamin Rhodes, Joseph Garnet, Thomas
WesteU.
West, Isaac Brown, John Peacock, Robert
Empringham.
Daniel Bumstead, William Severn, Thomas
CarhU.
William Thompson, Thomas Lee, Parson
Greenwood.
Thomas Taylor, Thomas Mitchell, John
Nelson.
John Atlay, John Morgan.
Thomas Johnson, John Poole, Thomas
Tatton.
Jeremiah Robertshaw, William Liunell.
Thomas Rankin, J. W.
William Hunter, Lancelot Harrison, M. F.
Joseph Thompson, John Bredin, Samuel
Smith.
Robert Swan, James Watson, George Mowat;
Thomas Cherry, Supernumerary.
Christopher Hopper, Jacob RoweU, Joseph
Benson, Thomas Simpson.
George Story, Alexander M'Nab, Hugh
Saunderson, George Wadsworth.
18 Chester,
19 Macclesfield,
20 Manchester,
21 Liverpool,
22 Derbyshire,
24
25 Sheffield,
26 Leeds,
27 Birstal,
28 Bradford,
29 Haworth,
30 Whitehaven,
31 York,
32 Hull,
33 Yarm,
34 The Dales,
35 Newcastle,
30 Edinburgh,
1772.
103
37 Aberdeen,
Duncan Wri
ght, Thomas Dixon, Christopher
Watkins, Thomas Rutherford,
Robert
Dall.
38 Dublin,
Peter Jaco,
39 Waterford,
James Glassbrook, Francis Wrigley
.
40 Cork,
William Collins, Jonathan Hern,
Swindells.
Robert
41 Limerick,
Edward Slater.
43 Athlone,
John Christian, James Perfect,
Horner.
William
43 Castlebar,
George Snowden, T. H., Robert Davis.
44 Enniskillen,
Jjimes Hudson, John Watson,
M'Donald, John M'Burney.
Michael
45 Londonderry,
John Floyd.
46 Armagh,
Richard Whatcoat, John Wittam.
47 Newry,
Thomas Wride, Nehemiah Price, John
Murray, John Price.
48 America,
Francis Asbury, Richard Boardman, Joseph
Pilmoor, Richard Wright.
Q. 8. What numbers are in the Societ}' ?
^. They are as ;
follows : —
London
- 2,441
Leeds
- 1,826
*Sussex
- 193
Birstal
- 1,155
Kent -
- 334
Bradford
- 849
Norfolk
- 410
*Haworth
- 1,219
^Bedfordshire
- 274
Whitehaven -
- 256
Oxfordshire
- 390
*York
- 536
Wiltshire, South
. 278
Hull -
- 608
*North
- 823
*Yarm
- 883
^Bristol
- 1,249
The Dales
- 1,003
Devonshire
- 419
Newcastle
- 1,747
Cornwall, East
- 639
*Ediuburgh
- 245
*West
- 1,814
Aberdeen
- 458
Gloucestershire
- 391
*Dubhn
- 347
*Staffordshire
- 696
Waterford
- 124
Cheshire, North
- 544
*Cork
- 220
South
- 975
Limerick
- 168
Wales, West -
- 112
Castlebar
- 357
East -
- 130
Athlone
- 326
North
- 167
Enniskillen
- 937
Lancashire, South
- 907
Armagh
- 347
North
- 687
Londonderry
- 483
Derbyshire
- 903
*Newry
- 483
Sheffield
- 725
America
- 500
Lincolnshire, East
'i^WesI
- 690
: - 716
In all
31,984
N.B. In the Circuits marked thus * there is a
Year.
104
1772.
Q. 9. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
A. £228. 9s. lOd.
Q. 10. What is contributed toward the debt ?
A. £3,076. 7s. 8d.
Q. 11. How was it distributed?
A. As follows : —
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
Law
.
83
19
0
Burslem -
- 56
5
9
Contingencies oi
}
83
11
2
Macclesfield
- 56
6
0
last year
Congleton
- 35
5
5
Ditto for the pre
}
99
13
4
Creitch -
- 10
0
0
sent year
Brecknock
- 8
0
0
Borrowed for )
55
0
0
Newmills -
- 40
0
0
Ireland j
-
Stockport
- 25
0
0
To relieve Preachers 119 13
5
Rochdale
- 77
3
3
London -
-
100
0
0
Bury
- 7
0
0
Norwich -
.
200
0
0
Liverpool
- 27
1
2
Chatham
.
30
15
0
Warrington
- 10
2
0
Colchester
-
5
0
0
Bolton
- 28
13
5
Witney
-
9
12
3
Derby
- 21
4
9
Newbury
-
2
2
0
Burton
- 76
0
0
Portsmouth
-
30
0
3
Nottingham
- 77
15
4
Salisbury
-
8
6
6
Ashby
- 12
4
0
Fareham
-
5
5
0
Bradwell
. 5
0
0
Bradford, Wilts.
.
17
5
8
Sheffield -
- 40
0
0
Shaftesbury
-
5
5
0
Doncaster
- 20
0
0
Shepton -
-
50
0
0
Boston
. 50
0
0
Bath
.
47
7
0
Louth
- 5
0
0
Paulton -
_
5
0
0
Rothwell
- 30
0
0
Pensford -
.
7
0
0
Armley -
- 10
12
0
Axminster
-
14
0
0
Horbury -
- 40
0
0
Combstock
.
8
15
4
Seacroft -
- 30
0
0
Hill-Farrance
.
6
0
0
Dawgreen
- 160
0
0
Sidmouth
.
21
0
0
Thong -
- 13
0
0
Lympsham
.
9
]0
0
Bradford, Yorks.
100
18
10
Kedruth
-
10
10
0
Halifax
. 28
7
0
Bisveale
.
2
10
0
Bingley -
- 2
10
0
St. John's
-
7
7
0
Bacup
- 16
0
0
Camborne
.
6
6
0
Padiham
- 6
0
0
Tuckingmill
.
4
10
0
Millend
- 8
14
0
Stroud
.
74
0
0
Heptonstall
- 25
0
0
Worcester
.
70
0
0
Hull
- 130
0
0
Darlaston
-
20
0
0
Whitby -
- 100
0
0
Craidley -
■
14
7
0
Stockton -
- 15
0
0
Stourbridge
.
5
7
8
Yarm
- 20
0
0
Birmingham
-
12
0
0
Thirsk -
. 8
5
6
Wolverhampton
-
10
0
0
Stokesley
- 2
0
0
Chester -
-
80
0
0
Barnardcastle
- 10
0
0
1772.
105
s.
0
Monkwearmouth - 30 2 6 Kilkenny - 70
Edinburgh - 56 10 0 Newry - - 6 0 0|
Dunbar - - 46 10 0 Newcastle - 10 0 0
Greenock- - 20 0 0
Dublin - - 38 11 6 Total ^3,078 1 0^
Cork - - 15 0 0
Q. 12. What can be done toward paying the remaining
debt?
A. 1. Let us make a trial of another method. Instead of a
subscription, let a collection be made at every preaching-house,
some time in next autumn. (The Kingswood Collection as
usual.)
2. Let all the money collected be produced at the next Con-
ference : and we will return to every house that is in debt
(provided it be old debt, not otherwise) at least what was
collected there.
Q. 13. Where and when may the next Conference begin?
A. At London, the first Tuesday in August.
Q. 14. What is contributed to the Preachers' Fund ?
A. £83. Us. Sd.
Q. 15. What was given out of it?
A. £38.
Q. 16. How many Preachers' wives are to be provided for ?
A. Forty-four.
Q. 17. By what Societies?
A. By the following : —
London, S. Mather, Duncan,
Clough, half.
Sussex, S. Barker.
Wilts, North, S. Bourke, Brisco.
Bristol, S. Barry, Christian.
Cornwall, East, S. Brammah.
West, S. Whitaker,
Rodda, Easton.
Gloucestershire, S. Wolfe,
Devonshire, S. Cotty, half;
S. Crowle,^ half .
StaflFordshire, S. Hanby.
Chester, S. Oliver.
Macclesfield, S. Woodcock.
Derbyshire, S. Shaw, Evans.
Manchester, S. Costerdine,
Taylor.
Liverpool, S. Roberts, Morgan.
Q. 18. Several Assistants were
accounts were wanted. How
prevented ?
Lincolnshire, East, S. Westell,
Garnet.
West, S. Brown,
Peacock.
Sheffield, S. Bumstead.
Leeds, S. Thompson, Lee,
Greenwood.
Birstal, S. Mitchell, Nelson.
Bradford, S. Atlay.
Haworth, S. Robertshaw, Poole,
York&lJ.W., IS.Harri-
Hull, J S. Hunter, ) son.
The Dales, S. Swan, Empring-
ham.
Yarm, S. Story.
Newcastle, S. Hopper, Simpson,
Rowell.
not present when their
may this inconvenience be
106 1773.
A. Let all the Assistants be present on Sunday evening before
tlie Conference, that they may give in their accounts on Monday
Uioruiij}?.
LONDON, Tuesday, August 3, 1773.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Edwai'd Slater, David Evans, Thomas Tennant, James
Hindmarsh, John Brettell, William Severn, John Broadbent,
Robert Empringham, Nehemiah Price, Thomas Payne.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Thomas Rutherford, Michael Moorhouse, Robert Dall,
John Price, John M'Burney, Robert Davis, William Eels, John
AVatson, jun.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Richard Hunt, Joseph Bradford, James Wood, Samuel
Randall, JohnWilshaw, Victory Purdy, William Percival, Ralph
Mather, Jasper Robiusou, William Dufton, Joseph Moore, John
Leech.
Q. 4. Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING?
A. J. G., William Ellis, Wilham Linnell, John Watson, sen.
Q. 5. Who act as Assistants this year?
A. Daniel Bumstead, Alexander Mather, John Easton, James
Clough, Samuel Wells, Hugh Saunderson, Richard Bourke,
George Hudson, John Furz, John Goodwin, James Dempster,
Robert Wilkinson, Richard Whatcoat, Richard Rodda, James
Barry, John Allen, Thomas Hanby, John Oliver, Thomas
Hanson, John Mason, Robert Roberts, John Sliaw, Jeremiah
Robertshaw, Isaac Brown, Parson Greenwood, Thomas Lee,
Thomas Taylor, Thomas Johnson, Jacob Rowell, William
Hunter, Benjamin Rhodes, Duncan AVright, George Story,
Christopher Hopper, William Thompson, Thomas Dixon, Peter
Jaco, John Murray, Francis Wrigley, James Glassbrook, John
Christian, Michael Moorhouse, Alexander M'Nab, John Pritchard.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. Examine them one by one. (Which was done.)
Q. 7. How are they stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
Thomas Olivers travels with Mr. Wesley.
1 London, Daniel Bumstead, John Atlay, John Murlin.
2 Kent, Alexander Mather, Samuel Smith.
3 Sussex, John Easton, John Undrell.
4 Norwich, James Clough, John Brettell, Richard Hunt,
James Wood.
5 Bedfordshire, Samuel Wells, William Ashman.
6 Oxfordshire, Hugh Saunderson, John Wittarai.
7 Wiltshire, South, William Collins, John Cjowle.
1773.
107
8 Wiltshire, North, George Hudson, Richard Bouvke, Thomas
Newall, Victory Purdy.
9 Bristol, John Allen, Francis Wolfe, Joseph Bradford ;
John Pawson, Supernumerary.
10 Devon, John Goodwin, James Hindmarsh.
11 Cornwall, East, James Dempster, Martin Rodda, George
Shorter.
12 West, Robert Wilkinson, James Cotty, Thomas
Carlill, Joseph Moore.
13 Pembrokeshire, Richard Whatcoat, Charles Boon.
14 Glamorgan, Richard Rodda, W. Whitaker.
15 Brecon, James Barry, Stephen Proctor.
16 Gloucestershire, John Furz, William Severn.
17 Staffordshire, Thomas Hanby, Joseph Harper.
18 Chester, John Oliver, Thomas Brisco.
19 Macclesfield, Thomas Hanson, Thomas Westell, Samuel
Bardsley.
20 Manchester, John Mason, Lancelot Harrison.
21 Liverpool, Robert Roberts, John Morgan.
22 Derbyshire, John Shaw, Richard Seed, William Percival.
23 Lincolnshire, East, Samuel Woodcock, John Peacock, John
Wilsbaw.
24 West, Jeremiah Robertshaw, David Evans,
Jasper Robinson.
25 Sheffield, Isaac Brown, John Leech, William Dufton.
26 Leeds, Parson Greenwood, John Nelson, J. W.
27 Birstal, Thomas Lee, Thomas Mitchell, John Poole.
28 Bradford, Thomas Taylor, William Barker, Thomas
Tennant.
29 Haworth, Thomas Johnson, Edward Slater, Robert
Costerdine.
30 Whitehaven, Jacob Rowell, George Mowat.
31 York, William Hunter, Thomas Wride.
32 Hull, Benjamin Rhodes, George Wadsworth,
Robert Empringham.
33 Yarm, Duncan Wright, Joseph Thompson, William
Brammah.
34 The Dales, George Story, Christopher Watkins, M. E.
35 Newcastle, Christopher Hopper, James Hudson, Robert
Swan, William Eels.
36 Edinburgh, William Thompson, Joseph Benson, John
Broadbent.
37 Aberdeen, Thomas Dixon, Thomas Rutherford, John
Bredin, Thomas Tatton, Robert DaU.
38 Dublin, Peter Jaco, John Floyd.
39 Waterford, John Murray, Michael M'Donald.
40 Cork, Francis Wrigley, John Bristol.
41 Limerick, Jonathan Hern; Robert Swindells, Supernum,
108
1773.
42 AthJone,
43 Castlebar,
44 Enniskillen,
45 Londonderry,
46 Armagh,
47 Newry,
\J48 America,
James Glassbrook, George Snowden.
John Christian, William Horner, John Price.
JNIichael Moorhouse, T. H., John M'Burney.
Alexander M'Nab, James Perfect.
Barnabas Thomas, Thomas Payne, John
Watson, jun.
John Pritchard, James AVatson, Nehemiah
Price.
Thomas Rankin, George Shadford, Francis
Asbury, Richard Boardman, Richard
Wright, Joseph Pilmoor, Robert Williams,
John King.
8. What numbers are in the Society ?
They are as follows : —
Q
A
London
*Kent
Sussex
Norfolk
Bedfordshire -
Oxfordshire -
Wiltshire, Soutli
North
Bristol
Devonshire
^Cornwall, East
*West
Gloucestershire
^Staffordshire
Cheshire, North
South
Wales, West -
East -
*North -
Lancashire, South
North
Derbyshire
Sheffield
Lincolnshire, East
West
2442 Leeds
311 Birstal
223 Bradford
485 *Haworth
282 Whitehaven
442 *York
340 Hull -
872 =i^Yarm
1360 The Dales
425 ^Newcastle
573 Edinburgh
1421 Aberdeen
420 Dublin
631 Waterford
547 Cork-
1076 Limerick
141 Castlebar
112 Athlone
117 Enniskillen
987 Armagh
724 Londonderry
1057 Newry
9 l(h -^America
739
650 In all
1902
1185
900
1212
272
510
620
874
1053
1716
260
470
174
230
170
404
436
1160
370
175
486
1000
33,274
N.B. In the Circuits marked thus * there is a decrease this
year
Q.
A
Q.
A
9. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
£229. 165. M.
What children are admitted ?
Brother Barry's, Greenwood's, Poole's.
Q. 10. What is contributed toward the debt?
A. =g2,237. 155. 9d.
Q. 11. llow was it distributed?
1773.
109
A. As follows : —
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
Law -
184
19
2
Warrington
5
14
0
Contingencies -
51
0
0
Nottingham
37
1
4
Chatham
120
0
0
Burton
90
0
0
Sheerness
20
0
0
Boston
40
0
0
Norwich
180
0
0
Louth
20
0
0
Sarum
20
0
0
Rotherham
50
0
0
Portsmouth
20
0
0
Brad well
5
0
0
Fareham
12
0
0
Doncaster
30
0
0
Bradford, Wilts.
34
1
3
Bradford
149
5
0
Shaftesbury
80
0
0
Halifax
15
15
0
Shepton
96
0
0
Bingley
24
0
0
Frome
4
0
0
Heptonstall
20
0
0
Lympsham
8
0
0
Padiham
20
0
0
Axminster
4
0
0
Hull -
90
0
0
Brecon
80
0
0
Whitby
100
0
0
Stroud
30
0
0
Edinburgh
143
0
0
Worcester
30
0
0
Whitehaven
20
0
0
Darlastou
20
0
0
Witney
50
0
0
Wolverhampton
40
0
0
Dundee
50
0
0
Chester
60
0
0
Greenock
20
0
0
Macclesfield -
20
0
0
Newbury
10
0
0
Congleton
Bolton
20
34
0
6
0
0
In all
£2,238
1
9
Liverpool
80
0
0
Q. 12. What is contributed to the Preachers' Fund?
A. £81. I2s. 3d.
Q. 13. What demands are there upon it?
A. The following : —
S. Oldham
S. Standring
S. Penington
S. Dillon
S. Garnet
£.
7
10
5
5
5
s.
17
0
5
5
5
d.
6
0
0
0
0
B. Minethorp
B. Lucas
In all
s.
5
5
d.
0
0
£44 2 6
Q. 14. How many Preachers' wives are to be provided for ?
A. Forty-four (in effect).
Q. 15. By what Societies?
A. By the following : —
London, S. Bumstead, Mather.
Sussex, S. Easton.
Wilts, North, S. Collins,
Bourke.
Bristol, S. Barry, Christian,
Ashman, half.
Devon, S. Cotty, half; S.
Crowle, half.
Cornwall, East, S. Bodda.
West, S. Whitaker,
Atlay, Clough, half.
Gloucestershire, S. Wolfe.
Staffordshire, S. Hanby.
Chester, S. Oliver.
Macclesfield, S. Westell.
Derbyshire, S. Shaw, Poole.
no 1773.
Birstal, S. Mitchell, Lee.
Bradford, S. Morgan.
Haworth, S. Brown, Brisco.
York, I S. Hunter, ) g g ,
Hull, j S. Story, f »-«arker.
Yarm, S. Brammah.
The Dales, S. Rowell, Shorter.
Newcastle, S. Hopper, Swan,
Thompson, half.
Manchester,S.Harrison,Taylor.
Liverpool, S. Roberts, Coster-
dine.
Lincolnshire, East, S. Peacock,
Woodcock.
West, S. Robert-
shaw, Empringham.
Sheffield, S. Evans.
Leeds, S. Greenwood, S. W.
Nelson.
Q. 16. When and where may the next Conference begin ?
A. At Bristol, the first Tuesday in August.
Q. 17. Can anything be done now, in order to lay a foundation
for the future union? Would it not be well for any that ai'e
■willing to sign some articles of agreement before Gud culls me
hence?
A. We will do it.
Accordingly, the following paper was written and signed : —
We, whose names are underwritten, being thoroughly con-
vinced of the necessity of a close union between those whom
God is pleased to use as instruments in this glorious work, in
order to preserve this union between ourselves, are resolved, God
being our helper,
I. To devote ourselves entirely to God; denying ourselves,
taking up our cross daily, steadily aiming at one thing, to save
our own souls, and them that hear us.
II. To preach the old Methodist doctrines, and no other,
contained in the Minutes of the Conferences.
III. To observe and enforce the whole Methodist discipline
laid down in the said Minutes.
Daniel Bumstead, John Atlay, John IMurlin, Thomas Olivers,
Alexander Mather, Thomas Hanby, Thomas Taylor, John Oliver,
William Hunter, Thomas Brisco, John Morgan, Samuel Wood-
cock, Richard Bourke, John Pawson, William Thompson, Joseph
Thompson, John Allen, Thomas Johnson, John Nelson, Isaac
Brown, WilHam Eels, WiUiam Barker, Thomas Payne, James
Hindmarsh, John Shaw, Samuel Wells, Samuel Bardsley, John
Goodwin, George Hudson, John Bristol, David Evans, Lancelot
Harrison, John Easton, James Hudson, John Pritchard, William
Severn, Robert Wilkinson, Richard Rodda, William Brammah,
James Clough, John Broadbent, John Mason, Thomas Tennant,
AVilliam Whitaker, Joseph Harper, John Brettell, Francis Wolfe,
Richard Whatcoat, Hugh Saunderson.
1774. Ill
BRISTOL, Tuesday, August 9, 1774.
Q. 1. "What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Joseph Bradford, Samuel Randall, William Dufton, Joseph
Moore, George Shorter.
Q. 2, Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. William Eels, Thomas Rutherford, Robert Dall, Michael
jMoorhouse, John Price, John M'Burney, John Watson, jun.,
John Leech.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. William Moore, Francis Smith, William Tunney, Jeremiah
Brettell, John Moon, Samuel Bradburn, Thomas Corbet, William
Thorn, James Rogers, Arthur Kershaw. P, Mill, George Guthrie,
Andrew Delap, John Whitley, Robert Hayvvard.
Q. 4. Who desist from travelling?
A. Joseph Pilmoor, James Clough, John Murray, James
Glassbrook.
Q. 5. Who act as Assistants this year?
A. Daniel Bumstead, Alexander Mather, John Easton, George
Hudson, Francis Wolfe, John Goodwin, John Murlin, James
Hiudmarsh, Richard Rodda, John Furz, Stephen Proctor,
Thomas Dixon, Charles Boon, Thomas Ilanby, John Shaw, Wil-
liam Collins, Thomas Hanson, John Mason, Christopher Hopper,
Isaac Blown, Jeremiah Robertshaw, Samu;jl Woodcock, John
Oliver, John Pawsou, Thomas Lee, Thomas Taylor, Robert
Costerdine, Jacob Rowell, William Hunter, Benjamin Rhodes,
James Hudson, Duncan Wright, William Thompson, Joseph
Benson, Thomas Rutherford, Robert Wilkinson, Joseph
Thompson, Alexander M'Nab, John Bristol, Michael
M 'Donald, Barnabas Thomas, John Watson, Thomas Wride,
John Pritchard, Richard Boardman, James Perfect, Thomas
Rankin, Francis Asbury, George Shadford.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. Examine them one by one. (Which was done.)
Q. 7. How are they stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
Joseph Bradford travels with Mr. Wesley.
1 London, Daniel Bumstead, William Dufton, Arthur
Kershaw, John Atlay, Peter Jaco.
2 Kent, Alexander Mather, Francis Smith.
3 Sussex, John Easton, James Wood.
4 Norwich, George Hudson, Thomas Brisco, Samuel
Randall, WiUiam Moore. ..-- • , ^
5 Bedfordshire, Richard Bourke, Joseph Harper.- -^ ^ " ' -l \y\
6 Oxfordshire, Francis Wolfe, Joseph M^VeyWilliam Tuhney. ■c'' '
7 Wilts,, South, James Barry, John Uijflreli, ^^homas Westell,
113
1774.
William
8 Wilts., North, Joliu Goodwin, John ]\Ioon, William Severn,
William Whitaker.
9 Bristol, John Murlin, Hugh Sanndorson, James Cotty.
10 Devon, James Hindmarsh, George Shorter.
11 Cormoall, East, Richard Rodda, Thomas Newall, JohnBi'ettell,
I. G.
12 West, John Furz, Jonathan Crowle, Richard
Wright, J. W.
13 PembroJcesJdre, Thomas Dixon, Christopher Watkins.
14 Glamorgan, Charles Boon, John Prickard.
15 Brecon, Stephen Proctor, Richard Whatcoat.
16 Gloucestershire, Thomas Hanby, Samuel Wells.
17 Staffordshire, John Shaw, Edward Slater.
18 Chester, William Collins, Francis Wrigley.
19 Macclesfield, Thomas Hanson, John Poole,
Percival.
John Mason, Robert Roberts.
Christopher Hopper, Samuel Bradburn, John
Morgan .
Thomas Carlill, Isaac Brown, Nicholas Man-
ners, Robert Hayward.
23 Lincolnshire, East, Jeremiah Robertshaw, William Thorn, John
Peacock.
West, Samuel Woodcock, Jeremiah Brettell,
Thomas Corbet.
John Oliver, Thomas Mitchell, Samuel Bardsley.
John Pawson, John Allen, Samuel Smith.
Thomas Lee, Parson Greenwood, Thomas John-
son.
Thomas Taylor, William Brammah.
Robert Costerdine, Richard Seed, Robert Swan.
20 Manchester,
21 Liverpool,
22 Derbyshire,
24
25 Sheffield,
26 Leeds,
27 Birstal,
28 Bradford,
29 Haworth,
30 Whitehaven, Jacob Rowell, M. F.
31 York, William Hunter, George Story.
32 Hull, Benjamin Rhodes, David Evans, John Leech.
33 Yarm, James Hudson, Lancelot Harrison.
34 Thirsk, Duncan Wright, James Rogers.
35 The Dales, Joseph Thompson, Robert Empringham,
William Bai'ker.
36 Neivcastle, William Thompson, John Broadbent, George
Wadsworth, Thomas Tennant.
37 Edinburgh, Joseph Benson, William Eels, John Bredin.
38 Dundee, Thomas Rutherford, Peter Mill, John Wittara.
39 Aberdeen, Robert Wilkinson, James Watson.
40 Dublin, Alexander M'Nab, William Horner.
41 Waterford, John Watson, sen., Andrew Delap.
42 Cork, John Bristol, George Snowden.
43 Limerick, Michael M'Donald.
44 Athlone, Thomas Wridc, John Floyd, Jonathan Hern.
1774.
113
45 Castlehar, Barnabas Thomas, Michael Moorhous(
3, T. H.
46 Enniskillen, John Watson Jun., John Price, George
Guthrie,
John
Christian.
47 Londonderry, Richard Boardman, Nehemiah Price.
48 Armagh, John Pritchard, John Whitley.
49 Newry, James Perfect, Thomas Payne, George
; Mowat,
Robert Dall.
50 America, Thomas
Rankin, Francis Asbury,
George
Shadford, Robert Williams, John King,
James Dempster, Martin Rodda.
Q. 8. What numbers are in the Society ?
A. They are as follows
: —
London
2452
Birstal
- 1190
^Sussex
218
Bradford
- 930
*Kent -
306
Haworth
- 1213
Norfolk
525
Whitehaven
- 299
Bedford
300
York -
- 520
Oxfordshire
501
Hull -
- 645
*Wilts, South -
330
Yarm 1
Thirsk j
- 880
North -
892
Bristol
1404
The Dales
. 1086
Devon
505
Newcastle
- 1784
Cornwall, East
660
Edinburgh
- 287
West
1482
*Aberdeen
- 448
Gloucestershire
431
*Dublin
- 310
Staffordshire -
733
Waterford
- 204
Cheshire, North
552
Cork -
- 317
South
1202
Limerick
- 178
*Wales, West -
137
Castlebar
- 410
East -
120
*Athlone
- 320
*North-
83
^Enniskillen -
- 937
Lancashire, South
988
Armagh
- 500
North
776
Londonderry -
- 433
Derbyshire
1065
Newry
- 732
*Sheffield
890
America
- 2204
Lincolnshire, East
West -
747
686
In all
35,672
*Leed3
1860
In the Circuits marked thus * there is a decrease this year,
Q. 9. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
A. £260. 165.
Q. 10. What children are admitted?
A. Charles Whatcoat, James Greenwood.
Q. 11. What can be done, in order to pay for the clothes of
the Preachers' children?
A. If their parents can pay for them, in whole or in part,
they should ; if they cannot, all is well.
Q. 12. Can nothing be done for their daughters?
Vol. I. I
11-1
1774.
A. If any of them were sent to M. Owen's school, (perhaps
the best boarding-school for girls in Great Britain,) they would
keep them at as small an expense as possible.
Q. 13. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £569. 10s. 5d.
Q. 14. How was it expended?
A. As follows : —
£.
s. d.
£.
s.
d.
Contingencies for
Bradford -
.
20
10
0
1774 -
73
0 0
Rochdale -
-
10
0
0
Do. at Conference -
128
7 3
Scarborough
.
20
0
0
Chatham -
10
0 0
Boston
-
31
1
11
Sheerness -
5
0 0
Edinburgh
-
50
0
0
Northampton
Worcester-
20
20
0 0
0 0
Perth
Greenock -
4
12
0
0
0
0
Mousehole
5
0 0
Arbroath -
.
20
0
0
Penzance
2
0 0
Glasgow -
.
10
0
0
Craidley -
Creitch
Haverfordwest
5
5
30
0 0
0 0
0 0
Reserved for th
present year
^\
71
9
3
Brecon
10
0 0
£569
10
5
1 jPli^Pftf f^V
2
5
2 0
0 0
Loughborough
Q. 15. What is contributed to the Preachers'
Fund?
A. £65. 85. 6^.
Q. 16. What was
allowed out of it ?
A. The following
—
£.
s. d.
£.
*.
d.
W. Minethorp
5
5 0
M. Nelson -
. 5
0
0
E. Standring
E. Old ham -
M. Penington
J. Garnet -
Q. 17. How manj
A. Forty-three (in
10
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
achers'
ct).
E. Dillon -
- 2
2
0
O
5
5
'^ Pre
efiFe
£37
7
0
wives are to be
provided
for?
Q. 18. By what Societies?
A. By the following : —
London, S. Mather, Jaco.
Sussex, S. Easton.
Wilts., North, S. Whitaker,
Wolfe.
Bristol, S. Christian, S. Bourke,
S. Cotty, half.
Devon, S. Shorter.
Cornwall, East, S. Rodda.
West, S. Barry, S.
Hindmarsh, S. Crowle, half.
Gloucester, S. Hanby.
Staffoi'dshire, S. Shaw.
Chester, S. Collins.
Macclesfield, S. Poole.
Derbyshire, S. Brown, S. Bar-
ker.
Manchester, S. Roberts, Story.
Liverpool, S. Hopper, Morgan.
Lincolnshire East, S. Robert-
shaw, Peacock, W. S.
West, S. Wood-
cock, Brammah.
Hull, S. Evans.
Haworth, S. Costerdine, Swaa.
Yarm, S. Harrison.
Dales, S. Rowell, Empringhara.
Newcastle, S. Brisco, Thomp-
son, Corbet.
1774.- 11;
Sheffield, S. Oliver.
Leeds, S. Greenwood, Waldron,
Westell.
Birstal, S. Lee, Mitchell.
Bradford, S. Taylor.
York, S. Hunter, J. Thomp-
son, half.
Q. 19. "When and where may the next Conference begin?
A. At Leeds, the first Tuesday in August.
Q. 20. Are not the Preachers who come to the Conference
burdensome to the Societies in the way ?
A. Frequently. To prevent this, 1. Let every Preacher pay
for his horse^s keeping. 2. Let each of those Societies fix on an
inn where the horses will be taken care of,
Q. 21. Do not some of the Preachers neglect sending their
contribution to the Preachers' Fund to the Conference ?
A. They do. Each Assistant should see to bring it from
the Preachers in his Circuit. And every Assistant should take
care to attend the Conference.
Likewise it is desired, that every Assistant would at Christ-
mas take an exact account of the Books that are in his Circuit,
and remit that and the balance to London.
Q. 22. Are not the married Preachers much straitened ?
A. It seems some of them are. Therefore, 1. Let every
Preacher's wife (except at London and Bristol) have j612 a year.
2. Every Circuit is to find her a lodging, coal, and candles ; or
to allow her j£15 a year.
Q. 23. We have still imperfect accounts of Scotland and
Ireland. How can this be remedied ?
A. Let the general Assistant of Scotland and Ireland
always attend the Conference.
Q. 24. What can be done where we have no good Leader?
A. Let the Preacher constantly meet the Society as a Class.
Q. 25. Several are grieved at 's preaching up and down,
though he has not strength regularly to supply a Circuit. How
can he remove this oflFence ?
A. By following a route marked out by Mr. W., and preaching
where the Assistant of each Circuit judges it would be most
useful,
Q. 26. Can anything be done in order to lay a foundation for
future union ? Would it not be well, for any that are willing,
to sign some articles of agreement, before God calls me hence ?
A. We will do it.
Accordingly, the following paper was written and signed : —
We, whose names are under-written, being throughly con-
vinced of the necessity of a close union between those whom God
I 2
116 1775.
is pleased to use as instruments in this glorious work, in order
to preserve this union between ourselves, are resolved, God being
our helper,
1. To devote ourselves entirely to God, taking up our cross
daily, steadily aiming at one thing, to save ourselves, and them
that hear us.
2. To preach the old Methodist Doctrines, and no other,
contained in the ]\linutes of the Conferences.
3. To observe and enforce the whole Methodist Discipline,
laid down in the said Minutes.
Daniel Bumstead, William Dufton, Alexander Mather, John
Easton, George Hudson, John Atlay, Samuel Randall, Richard
Bourke, Joseph Harper, Thomas Wolfe, Joseph Moore, James
Barry, John Goodwin, William Severn, Wilham Wliitaker, John
Murlin, Hugh Saunderson, J. Cotty, Thomas Simpson, James
Hindmarsh, George Shorter, Richard Rodda, Thomas Newall,
John Brettell, Stephen Proctor, Richard Whatcoat, Thomas
Hanby, Samuel Wells, John Shaw, William Collins, Robert
Swindells, Francis Wrigley, Thomas Hanson, John Poole, John
Masoti, Thomas Carlill, Isaac BroAvn, Jeremiah Robertshaw,
Thomas Mitchell, Samuel Bardsley, John Pawson, John Allen,
Samuel Smith, Joseph Bradford, Thomas Lee, Parson Green-
wood, Thomas Johnson, Thomas Taylor, William Hunter,
Benjamin Rhodes, James Hudson, Duncan Wright, William
Barker, Robert Wilkinson, Samuel Woodcock, James Dempster,
Thomas Olivers, John Oliver, Thomas Brisco, John Morgan,
William Thompson, Joseph Thompson, William Eels, Thomas
Payne, John Bristol, David Evans, Lancelot Harrison, John
Pritchard, William Brammah, James Clough, John Broadbent,
Thomas Tennant.
LEEDS, Tuesday, August 1, 1775.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. James Barry, Robert Hay ward, Thomas Rutherford, James
Rogers, James Wood, John Leech, Samuel Bradburn, AVilliam
Thom, Jeremiah Brettell, William Percival, Michael ISIoorhouse,
George Guthrie, John Watson, jun., John M'Burney, William
Duke, John Wade, Daniel Ruff, Edward Drumgoole, Isaac
Hollings, Richard Webster.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. William Tunney, William Moore, William Eels, Thomas
Corbet, John Moon, John Wilshaw, John Prickard, Robert
Dall.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial ?
A. John Walton, John Crook, John Dean, Duncan M'Allum,
1775. 117
Peter Ferguson, Andrew Delap, Humphry Brown, John Bean-
land, Joseph Saunderson, John Roberts.
Q. 4. Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING?
A. Nicholas Manners, Daniel Bumstead.
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. Examine them one by one.
Considerable objections being made to three of the Preachers,
the matter was referred to three several committees.
Q. 6. How are they stationed this year?
A. Joseph Bradford travels with Mr. Wesley.
1 London, Peter Jaco, John Atlay, Thomas Byan, John
Watson, John Hilton.
2 Kent, Charles Boon, Thomas Westell.
3 Sussex, Thomas Brisco, James Wood.
4 Norwich, Samuel Randall, George Wadsworth, George
Hudson, John Beanland.
5 Bedfordshire,^\chKYd Bourke, William Tunney,WilliamMoore.
6 Oxfordshire, Samuel Wells, John Valton, George Shorter.
7 Wilts., South, Francis Wolfe, T. V., John Undrell.
8 North, John Goodwin, James Perfect, George Snow-
den, Thomas Tatton.
9 Bristol, John Murlin, William Severn, William Ash-
man ; John Floyd, Supernumerary.
10 Devon, James Hindmarsh, Supernumerary, James
Cotty, Jonathan Crowle.
11 Cornwall, East, Richard Rodda, William Whitaker, Richard
Wright, John Roberts.
12 West, Thomas Hanson, John Moon, Samuel
Watson, John Leech.
13 Pembrokeshire, Samuel Bradburn, John Prickard.
14 Glamorganshire, Christopher Watkins, Thomas Dixon.
15 Brecon, Richard Whatcoat, John Broadbent.
16 Gloucestershire, Thomas Hanby, John Furz.
17 Staffordshire, Alexander Mather, William Dufton.
18 Chester, Wilham Colhns, Thomas Carlill.
19 Macclesfield, Duncan Wright, John Poole, William Percival.
20 Manchester, Robert Roberts, John Oliver.
21 Liveryool, Christopher Hopper, Thomas Lee, M. F.
22 Derbyshire, Isaac Brown, Edward Slater, John Peacock,
John Wilshaw.
23 Lincolnshire, East, John Easton, Joseph Harper, Thomas
Corbet, John Wittam.
24 West, Samuel Woodcock, Robert Hayward,
John Crook.
25 Sheffield, Robert Costerdine, Thomas Mitchell, Richard
Seed.
26 Leeds, John Pawson, William Bramraah, T. Tennant.
27 Birstal, P. Greenwood, T. Johnson, John Morgan^
118
1775.
28 Bradford, John Allen, J. W., Samuel Smith.
29 Haworth, Thomas Taylor, Robert Swan, Samuel Bardsley.
30 Whitehaven, John Mason, Joseph Saunderson.
31 York, John Shaw, George Story.
32 Hull, WilHam Hunter, W. Barker.
33 Scarborough, Benjamin Rhodes, James Hudson.
34 Yarm, Jacob Rowell, Lancelot Harrison.
35 Thirsk, Jeremiah Robertshaw, William Thom.
36 Tlie Dales, James Barry, Joseph Thompson, David Evans.
37 Newcastle, William Thompson, Robert Empringham,
Joseph Benson, Joseph Moore.
38 Edinburgh, Thomas Rutherford, James Rogers, Robert
Wilkinson.
39 Dundee, Stephen Proctor, Francis Wiigley, Duncan
M'Allum.
40 Aberdeen, William Eels, Peter Ferguson.
41 Dublin, Alexander M'Nab, Barnabas Thomas.
42 Waterjford, John Bristol, Andrew Delap.
43 Cork, John Watson, William Horner, change every
six weeks.
44 Limerick, Nehemiah Price.
45 Athlone, John Pritchard, Michael Moorhouse, Jonathan
Hern, Thomas Halliday.
46 Sligo, Thomas Payne, Thomas Wride.
47 Enniskillen, John and Jeremiah Brettell, Hugh Brown.
48 Londonderry, Richard Boardman, George Mowat, John Price.
49 Armagh,
50 Lisburn,
51 America,
John Slocomb, Robert Dall, John M'Burney
John Bredin, George Guthrie.
Thomas Rankin, George Shadford, James
Dempster, Martin Rodda, John King, William
Duke, John Wade, Daniel Ruff, Edward
Drumgoole, Isaac Hollings, Richard Webster.
Q. 7. What numbers are in the Society ?
A. They are as follows : —
Brecon - - 107
Gloucestershire - 446
Staffordshire - - 740
*Chester - - 536
Macclesfield - - 1238
Manchester - - 1060
Liverpool - - 820
Derbyshire - - 1120
Lincolnshire, East - 822
*West - 683
Sheffield - - 1114
Leeds - - 2023
Birstal - - 1250
Bradford - - 1157
London
- 2492
Kent
312
Sussex
232
Norwich
629
Bedfordshire -
412
Oxfordshire -
530
*Wilts, South
315
*North
849
Bristol
- 1427
Devon
583
Cornwall, East
769
*West
- 1380
Pembrokeshire
189
Glamorganshire
120
1775.
119
Haworth
Whitehaven -
York
Hull
Yarm
Thirsk
*The Dales -
Newcastle
*Edinburgh -
*Dundee
*Aberdeeu
Dublin
N.B. In the Circuits
1344
315
570
670
640
530
862
1805
260
169
240
401
*Waterford
Cork
Limerick
Athlone
*Castlebar
Enuiskillen
Londonderry
*Armagh
*Newry
America
In all
176
382
185
344
327
990
392
4-23
617
3148
- 38,145
marked thus * there is a decrease this
8. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
£283. 0*. Qd.
9. What children are admitted ?
John Greenwood, Richard Rodda, and Francis Hern.
year.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q. 10. What can be done for the Preachers' daughters ?
A. Send two of them to M. Owen^s school.
Q. 11. Which this year?
A. Paulina Taylor, and Isabel Snowden.
Q. 12. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses ?
A. £564. 9*. 10^.
Q. 13. How was it expended ?
A. As follows : —
£.
17
Last yearns Con- )
tingencies J
For the present year 100
Law - - 34
Preachers' Necess. 157
Dundee - - 100
Arbroath - 22
Aberdeen - 13
Barnardcastle - 16
Limerick - - 10
Pembroke - 11
Q.
s.
9
0
16
12
0
0
4
11
0
10
d.
6
0
10
9
0
0
0
5
0
0
£. s.
Thornhill
Wandsworth
Darlaston
Craidley -
Chatham -
Norwich -
Sheerness
Macclesfield
Chester -
In all
5
10
10
9
10
10
10
7
10
14. What was contributed for the Preachers' Fund ?
A. £119. Os. 6d.
Q. 15. What was allowed out of it?
A. The following : —
EHz. Standring - 10 0
John Horner - 10 0
Eliz. Oldham - 5 5
Elizabeth Dillon - 5 5
Mary Penington 5 5
5.
Jane Garnet
W. Minethorp
£46
d.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
£564 9 6
d.
0
0
120
1775.
Q. 16. How many Preachers' wives are to be provided for?
A. In Ireland four ; in England fortv-two.
Q. 17. By what Societies.?
A. By the following : —
London, S. Westell, Jaco.
Sussex, S. Brisco.
Wilts., North, S. Shorter,
Snowden.
Bristol, S. Barker, Cotty, half.
Devon, S. Hindmarsh.
Cornwall, East, S. Rodda.
West, S. Costerdine.
Gloucestershire, S. Hanby.
Staffordshire, S. Mather.
Chester, S. Collins.
Macclesfield, S. Poole.
Manchester, S. Roberts, Oliver.
Liverpool, S. Hopper, Lee.
Derbyshire, S. Brown, Peacock.
Grimsby, S. Easton, Corbet.
Epworth, S. Barry, Barker.
Sheffield, S. Mitchell.
Leeds, S. Beanland, Evans.
Birstal, S. Greenwood, Morgan.
Bradford, S. Brammah.
Howarth, S. Taylor, Swan.
York, S. Story, 'Shaw.
Hull, S. Hunter.
Yarm, S. Howell.
Thirsk, S. Robertshaw.
The Dales, S. Thompson, S.
Woodcock.
Newcastle, S. W. Thompson,
Empringham, Harrison.
Q. 18. When and where may the next Conference begin?
A. At London, the first Tuesday in August.
Q. 19.Who are the present Committee for the Preachers' Fund?
A. The following : —
Peter Jaco, Christopher Hopper, Thomas Johnson, Alexander
Mather, John Pawson, William Thompson, Thomas Hanby, John
Murlin, Robert Roberts, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Planson,
Duncan Wright.
Q. 20. Are not many of the Trustees for the preaching-
houses dead ? And are not others out of the Society?
A. Let the remaining Trustees for each house meet as soon
as possible, and indorse their deed thus (having affixed to it
three new stamps) :
JVe the remaining Trustees for the Methodist Preaching -House
in have this day, according to the Power lodged in us
by this Deed, chosen and named to be
Trustees for the Preaching -House aforesaid, in the Room of
Witness, A. B. &c.
Q. 21. Are not many of our classes too large?
A. Yes. Divide every one which contains above thirty
members.
Q. 22. Do we allow any to build new Preaching-Houses ?
A. Yes ; if it be proposed first at the Conference.
Q. 23. And may they go about to desire help in the neigh-
bouring Circuits?
A. They may : provided, first, that they ask the consent of
each Assistant; second, that the Collection be made between
the Conference and the beginning of March.
1776. 131
Q. 24. "Where do we allow new houses to be built this year ?
A. At Oldham, Taunton, and Halifax.
Q. 25. What can be done to encourage our brethren to make
a push for paying oflF their old debt ?
A. A fifth part of what is collected may be sent to the
Conference : all the rest may be kept in the Circuit.
Q. 26. What Preachers signed the Agreement to adhere to
each other, and to the old Methodist Doctrine and Discipline ?
A. The following : —
Peter Jaco, John Atlay, Charles Boon, Thomas Westell, Thomas
Brisco, James Wood, Samuel Randall, George Wadsworth,George
Hudson, Richard Bourke, Samuel Wells, John Walton, John
Goodwin, Francis Wolfe, James Perfect, Thomas Tatton, John
Murlin, William Severn, William Ashman, James Hindmarsh,
Samuel Smith, Richard Rodda, William Whitaker, Thomas Dixon,
Samuel Bradburn, John Broadbent, Thomas Hanby, Alexander
Mather, William Dufton, William Collins, Thomas Carlill,
Duncan Wright, John Poole, William Percival, Robert Roberts,
John Oliver, Christopher Hopper, Thomas Lee, Isaac Brown,
Edward Slater, Robert Hayward, James Barry, Lancelot Harri-
son, Thomas Mitchell, Robert Costerdine, Richard Seed, Parson
Greenwood, Thomas Johnson, John Allen, J. W., Robert Swan,
Samuel Bardsley, John Mason, John Morgan, John Shaw,
George Story, Jacob Rowell, Samuel Woodcock, William Hunter,
William Barker, Benjamin Rhodes, Jeremiah Robertshaw,
William Thom, Joseph Thompson, Joseph Moore, David Evans,
William Thompson, Robert Empringham, Joseph Benson,
Stephen Proctor, Thomas Rutherford, James Rogers, Francis
Wrigley, Thomas Olivers, John Hudson, Thomas Hanson, John
Leech, Jeremiah and John Brettell, Joseph Bradford, Samuel
Smith.
N.B. We all deny that there is, or can be, any merit (pro-
perly speaking) in man.
LONDON, Tuesday, August 6, 1776.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Wilham Tunney, William Moore, Thomas Corbet, John
Mason, Joseph Pescod, John Crook, John Valton.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. William Eels, John Prickard, Robert Dall, Hugh Brown,
Joseph Saunderson, Andrew Delap, Duncan M'AUum.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Henry Robins, Thomas Hosking, James Skinner, John
Hampson, James Hall, Jasper Robinson, John Gouldston,
William Boothby, William Lumiey, Joseph Fothergill, Peter
Mill, Robert Davis, James Gaffney.
122 1776.
Q. 4. Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING?
A. Edward Slater, Jonathan Crowle, Samuel Woodcock,
David Evans, James Dempster.
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. Yes. It is objected, that some are utterly unquaUfied for
the work ; and that others do it negligently, as if they imagined
they had nothing to do, but to preach once or twice a day.
Ill order to silence this objection for ever, which has been
repeated ten times over, the Preachers were examined at large,
especially those concerning whom there was the least doubt.
The result was, that one was excluded for insufficiency, two for
misbehaviour. And we were throughly satisfied, that all the
rest had both grace and gifts for the work wherein they are
engaged. I hope, therefore, we shall hear of this objection no more.
Q. 6. How are they stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
Joseph Bradford travels with Mr. Wesley.
John Atlay keeps his accounts.
Thomas Olivers corrects the press.
1 London, Peter Jaco, Supernumerary, James Hindmarsh,
John Murlin, Joseph Pilmoor.
3 Kent, Charles Boon, William Barker.
3 Sussex, Thomas Westell, Thomas Ryan, Thomas Tatton.
4 Norwich, Bichard Bourke, John Watson, Henry Bobins.
5 Lynn, Barnabas Thomas, William Tunney, William
Boothby.
6 BedfordsJtire,SKmue\ Randall,George Shorter, William Moore.
7 Oxfordshire, John Valton, William Whitaker, John Gould-
ston.
8 Wilts, South, Richard Rodda, James Cotty, Thomas Newall,
John Pescod.
9 North, Samuel Wells, Thomas Brisco, John Furz,
Francis Wolfe.
10 Bristol, John Hilton, John Floyd, Hugh Saunderson.
11 Devon, John Goodwin, John Undreil, George AA^ads-
worth.
12 Cornwall, East, James Perfect, Richard Wright, James
Watson, John Blade.
13 West, Thomas Hanson, Richard Whatcoat, J.
Poole, James Skinner.
14 Pemhrokeshire, James Wood, John Moon, John Broadbent.
15 Glamorganshire, John Prickard, William Ashman.
16 Brecon, Thomas Carlill, George ]\Iow^at.
17 Gloucestershire, George Snowden, T. V.
18 Staffordshire, Alexander Mather, John Wittam.
19 Macclesfield, Duncan Wright, Thomas Hanhy, James Hall.
20 Manchester, Christopher Hopper, Thomas Mitchell, Jasper
Robinson.
1776. 123
21 Chester, John Mason, Robert Roberts.
22 Liverpool, William Collins, John Oliver, William Percival.
23 Leicester, Christopher Watkius, John Beanlaud.
24 Nottingham, Robert Costerdine, Robert Swan, William
Severn.
25 Grimsby, Isaac Brown,Thoraas Corbet, Nicholas Manners.
26 Gainsborough, John Easton, William Thom, Joseph Harper.
27 Epworth, Lancelot Harrison, Robert Hayward, Richard
Condy.
28 Sheffield, P. Greenwood, John Peacock, M. P.
29 Leeds, William Thompson, Joseph Thompson, Thomas
Johnson.
30 Birsfal, John Pawson, John Morgan, T. Tennant.
31 Bradford, John Allen, Thomas Lee, James Hudson.
32 Keighley, Thomas Taylor, Samuel Smith.
33 Colne, Samuel Bardsley, William Brammah.
34 Whitehaven, T. Wride, Robert Empriugham, Richard Seed.
35 York, John Shaw, George Hudson.
36 Hull, George Story, William Dufton.
37 Scarborough, William Hunter, John Leech.
38 Yarm, Jacob Ro\vell,Thomas Dixon, Michael Moorhouse.
39 Thirsk, Jeremiah Robertshaw, Joseph Moore.
40 The Dales, John Crook, William Lumley, G. G.
41 Newcastle, Benjamin Rhodes, Joseph Benson, I. W., James
Barry .
42 Edinburgh, AlexanderM'Nab, T.Rutherford, James Rogers.
43 Dundee, Robert Wilkinson, F. Wrigley, Joseph Saun-
derson.
44 Aberdeen, William Eels, Stephen
M'Allum.
45 Dublin, J. H., John Bristol.
46 Waterford, John Bredin, John Price.
47 Cork, Richard Boardman, T. H.
48 Limerick, Samuel Bradburn.
49 Athlone, John Watson, William Horner, Andrew Delap,
Hugh Brown.
50 Sligo, T. Payne, Nehemiah Price.
51 Clones, John Slocomb, John Mayly.
52 Enniskillen, Robert Dall, James Gaflney.
53 Armagh, John and Jer. Brettell, Robert Davis.
54 Londonderry, John Pritchard, Jonathan Hern, Peter Mill,
Robert Armstrong.
55 Lisburn, R. W., John Harrison, George Brown.
Q. 7. What numbers are in the Society ?
^London - -
Kent
Sussex
Norwich
Proctor, Duncan
2425
Lynn
313
Bedfordshire -
450
264
*Oxfordshire -
491
645
Wilts, South -
317
124
1776.
Wilts, North -
873
York
_
571
*Bnstol
1414
HuU
_
380
Devon
633
Scarborough -
-
410
*Cornwall, East
760
Yarm
-
745
West -
1390
Thirsk
.
545
Pembrokeshire
220
*The Dales -
_
806
Glamorganshire
120
Newcastle
-
1908
*Brecou
95
*Edinburgh
_
250
G loucestershire
456
Dundee
_
169
* Staffordshire -
660
*Aberdeen
_
151
*Chester
525
Dublin
_
418
Macclesfield
1260
Waterford
_
252
Manchester
1118
*Cork
_
324
Liverpool
855
*Limerick
_
175
Derby
1125
Athlone
.
529
Nottingham
Sligo
_
388
Lincolnshire, East -
905
Clones
_
430
*West -
641
Enniskillen
.
442
*Sheffield
1060
Londonderry -
-
640
Leeds
2169
Armagh
.
601
Birstal
1270
*Lisburn
.
599
Bradford
1390
America
.
3148
Keighley
1640
Colne
In all.
39,826
Vrhitchaven
458
N.B. In the Circuits
marked thus * there is a
decrease this
year.
Q. 8. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
A. £335. Os. 31 d.
Q. 9. What children
are admitted this year?
A. William Collins, John Bob
ins, John and Wilham '.
Morgan,
and William Shent.
Q. 10. What girls are admitted into Publow school ?
A. Alice Brisco and Ann Roberts.
Q. 11. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £637. 85. M.
Q. 12. What part of this was contributed in Ireland ?
A. Nothing (except thirty-five shillings in Bandon). Our
brethren in Ireland said, this was nothing to them : they would
only bear their own expenses.
Q. 13. And do we desire any more ? But this we require,
if they would have any more Preachers from England. We
require, 1. That they bear the expenses of all English Preachers
going to and from Ireland; and, 2. Of any sickness or unavoid-
able distresses, which may befall them or their wives in that
kingdom. These are properly their expenses ; nor will we pay
any part of them for the time to come, unless their Yearly
Contribution enable us so to do ?
1776.
125
The same we now adopt with regard to Scotland. Let tliera
first contribute, then expect help from us.
Q. 14. Is there anything else in Ireland, which we complain of?
A. There is. Part of the Leaders meet together on Sunday-
evening, without any connexion with, or dependence on, the
Assistant. We have no such custom in the three kingdoms.
It is overturning our discipline from the foundations. Either
let them act under the direction of the Assistant, or let them
meet no more. It is true, they can contribute money for the
poor ; but we dare not sell our discipline for money.
Q. 15. How was the Yearly Contribution expended?
A. As follows : —
£.
*.
d.
£.
s.
d.
Last year's Con-
}
54
9
0
Worcester -
- 12
0
0
tingencies
Dudley
- 16
7
6
For the present year
100
0
0
Chester
- 18
0
6
Law
.
36
16
0
Burslem
- 9
0
0
Preachers' Necess.
144
10
6
Congleton -
- 4
10
0
Wandsworth
-
5
0
0
Macclesfield
- 4
10
0
Chatham
_
5
0
0
Rochdale
- 10
17
0
Sheerness
-
5
0
0
Bolton
- 5
0
0
Norwich
.
3
6
5
Derby
- 7
5
0
Bury
-
5
0
0
Louth
- 12
0
0
Holcomhe -
-
40
0
0
Keighley
- 10
12
1
Axbridge
_
9
1
8
Yarm -
- 13
3
5
Exeter
-
3
3
0
Whitby
- 3
14
3
St. John's -
-
7
0
0
Londonderry
- 75
0
0
Tuckingmill
-
3
4
0
The Dales -
- 10
10
0
Kerley
-
1
8
0
Redruth
-
2
0
0
£637
8
4
Q. 16. What
was
contributec
to the Preachers'
Fund?
A. i;81. I7s.
6d.
Q. 17. What
was
allowed out of it ?
A.
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
John Hosmer
-
10
0
0
Mary Penington
7
7
0
Eliz. Standring
-
10
0
0
Eliz. Dillon
- 5
5
0
EhV Oldham
K
n
0
0
Jane Garnet
_
5
5
InaU
£48
7
0
W. Minethorp
-
5
5
0
Q. 18. How many wives are to be provided for?
A. In Ireland four ; in England forty-two.
Q. 19. By what Societies?
A. By the following : —
London, S. Jaco, S. Hindmarsh.
Sussex, S. Westell.
Wilts., North, S. Brisco, S.
Cotty, half.
Bristol, S. Bourke, S. Peacock.
Devon, S. Shorter.
Cornwall, East, S. Rodda.
West, S. Poole, S
Beanland.
Gloucestershire, S. Suowden.
150 1776.
Leeds, S.Thompsoiis,S Barker.
Birstal, S. Morgan, S. Hunter.
Bradford, S. Lee.
York, S. Shaw, S. Story.
Keighley,S.Taylor,S.Brammah.
Staffordshire, S. ?,^a{hcr.
Leicestershire, S. Swan.
Nottingham, S. Costerdine.
Chester, S. Roberts.
]\Iacclesfield, S. Hanby.
Manchester, S. Hopper, S. Yarm, S. Rowell
Mitchell. j Thirsk, S. Robertshaw.
Liverpool, S. Collins, S. Oliver. The Dales, S. Crook.
Grimsby, S. Brown, S. Easton. j Newcastle, S, Barry, I. W.,
Epworth,S. Harrison, S. Corbet. S. Empringham.
Sheffield, S. Greenwood. |
Q. 20. When and where may the next Conference begin ?
A. At Bristol, the first Tuesday in August.
Q. 21. What houses are to be built this year?
A. One at London, and one at Colne.
Q. 22. Why should not all our octagon houses be built like
that at Yarm, all our square ones like that at Scarborough ?
A. We cannot find any better models.
Q. 23. Our brethren at Huddersfield desire leave to collect
money in the neighbouring Circuits. May they do it ?
A. Yes; on the terms mentioned in the late Minutes. But
it is desired, that neither they, nor any other of our builders,
set up any Chinese paling.
Q. 24. Complaint is made that sluts spoil our houses. How
can we prevent this ?
A. Let no known slut live in any of them.
Q. 25. People crowd into the Preacliers' houses as into coffee-
houses. Is this right ?
A. It is utterly wrong. Let no person come into the house,
either on Sunday or other days, unless he wants to ask a
question.
Q. 26. Should not the Assistants come early to the
Conference ?
A. Let them be always present on Saturday evening.
Q. 27. Calvinism has been the grand hindrance of the work
of God. What makes men swallow it so greedily?
A. Because it is so pleasing to flesh and blood : the doctrine
of final perseverance in particular.
Q. 28. What can be done to stop its pi'Ogress ?
A. 1. Let all our Preachers carefully read our tracts, and INIr.
Fletcher's and Sellouts.
2. Let them preach Universal Redemption frequently and
explicitly ; but in love and gentleness, taking care never to
return railing for railing. Let the Calvinists have all this to
themselves.
3. Do not imitate them in screaming, allegorizing, calling
tliemselves ordained, boasting of their learning. College, or " my
Lady.^' Mildly expose these things, when time serves.
1777. 127
4. Visit as diligently as them; and insist on Universal
Redemption, to every one newly convinced or converted.
5. Answer all their objections both in public and private,
with sweetness both of look and voice.
6. Strongly advise our people " not to hear them."
7. Pray constantlj^, and earnestly, that God would stop the
plague !
BRISTOL, August 5, 1777.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. John Prickard, Thomas Hosking, Henry Robins, James
Skinner.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. William Eels, Andrew Delap, Hugh Brown, Duncan
M'Allum, Joseph Saunderson, Jasper Robinson, Peter Mill,
Robert Davis, James GafFney, James Hall.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial ?
A. Joseph Taylor, Peter Dean, John Whitley, William
Church, Edward Jackson, John Fenwick, John Howe, Hugh
Moore, J. H., jun.
Q. 4. What Preachers have died this year?
A. John Slocomb, at Clones : an old labourer, worn out in the
service. — John Harrison, near Lisburn : a promising youth,
serious, modest, and much devoted to God. — William Lumley,
in Hexham : a blessed young man, a happy witness of the full
liberty of the children of God. — And William Minethorp, near
Dunbar : an Israelite indeed, in whom was no guile.
Q. 5. Who desist from travelling?
A. Hugh Saunderson, John Undrell, Richard Wright, John
Bristol.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. Yes. It is objected, that " most of them are not called of
God to preach." This deserves our serious consideration. In
the large Minutes we ask, " How shall we try those who think
they are moved by the Holy Ghost, and called of God to preach? '*
Pages 30, 31 .
Q. 7. Is this method of trial sufficient? Can we find any
better? Weigh this matter calmly and impartially.
A, We cannot find any better method, any more scriptural,
or more rational.
Q. 8. But suppose they were called once, have not many of
them forfeited their calling?
A. Examine them one by one; and whoever has any objection
or doubt, concerning anyone, let him now speak without any
disguise or reserve, or for ever hold his peace.
128 1777.
Q. 9. HoAv arc they stationed this year ?
A. As follows : —
Joseph Bradford travels with Mr. Wesley.
John Atlay is the Book- Steward.
Thomas Olivers corrects the press.
1 London, Peter Jaco, James Hindmarsh, Samuel Smith.
2 Kent, Bichard Bourke, Thomas Tatton.
3 Sussex, Charles Boon, James Skinner, John "Wittam.
4 Norwich, Joseph Pilmoor, Peter Dean, William Tunney.
5 Lynn, Barnabas Thomas, William INIoore, Thomas
Byan.
6 Bedford, Samuel Randall, William Percival, James
Perfect.
7 Oxfordshire, James Cotty, William Severn.
8 Wilis., South, Richard Bodda, James Watson.
9 North, Samuel Wells, William Barker, Thomas
Newall.
10 Bristol, John Goodwin, Thomas Carlill, John Pritchard.
11 Somerset, Thomas Brisco, John Furz.
12 Devon, Francis Wolfe, George Wadsworth.
13 Cornwall, East, Bichard Whatcoat, Henry Robins, Isaac
Shering, James Rogers.
14 West, John Mason, John Poole, George Mowat,
T. V.
15 Pembroke, John Broadbent, James Hall, Thomas Hosking.
16 Glamorgan, William Ashman, William Church.
17 Brecon, James Wood, John Moon.
18 Gloucester, George Snowden, John Valton.
19 Stafford, Thomas Taylor, John Whitley.
20 Macclesfield, John Shaw, Jasper Robinson, Thomas Hanby.
21 Manchester, Duncan Wright, Thomas Mitchell.
22 Chester, John Murliu, Robert Roberts.
23 Liverpool, William Collins, Samuel Bardsley, Nicholas
Manners.
24 Leicester, Christopher Watkins, Joseph Pescod, Joseph
Taylor.
25 Nottingham, Robert Costerdine, Thomas Corbet, John
Beanland.
26 Grimsby, Isaac Brown, Richard Seed, Robert Hayward.
27 Gabisborough, John Easton, William Thom, M. F.
28 Epworth, Lancelot Harrison, John Oliver, Joseph Harper.
29 Sheffield, Parson Greenwood, George Shorter.
30 Leeds, William Thompson, John Morgan, John Floyd.
31 Birstal, John Pawson, Joseph Thompson, Thomas John-
son, Thomas Tennant.
32 Bradford, Christopher Hopper, Joseph Benson, Thomas
Lee.
33 Keighley, John Allen, William Brammah.
1777.
129
34 Colne, Alexander Mather, Richard Condy.
35 Whitehaven, John Fenwick, James Barry, Thomas Ruther-
ford, Robert Empringham.
36 York, George Hudson, J. W.
37 Hull, Thomas Hanson, James Hudson.
38 Scarborough, William Hunter, Edward Jackson, John
Peacock.
39 Yarm, George Stor}'-, WilHam Dufton, G. G.
40 Thirsk, Jacob Rowell, Thomas Dixon.
41 The Dales, Jeremiah Robertshavv, Thomas Wride, Robert
Wilkinson.
4.2 Newcastle, John Crook, John Leech, Michael Moorhouse.
43 Alnwick, Benjamin Rhodes, Robert Swan.
44 Edinburgh, Alexander M'Nab, Stephen Proctor.
45 Dundee, William Eels, Duncan M'Allum.
46 Aberdeen, Francis Wrigley, Joseph Saunderson, Joseph
Moore.
47 Dublin, John Hampson, Samuel Bradburn.
48 Cork, Richard Boardman, J. H.
49 Waterford, Peter Mill, John Howe.
50 Limerick, John Watson.
51 Athlone, Thomas Payne, Robert Armstrong, Hugh
Brown, James Gaffney.
52 Sligo, Andrew Delap, John Bredin.
53 Clones, William Horner, Robert Davis.
54 Enniskillen, John Mayly, William Boothby.
55 Armagh, Thomas Halliday, George Brown, Hugh Moore.
56 Londonderry, R. W., John Prickard.
57 Bally shannon, Nehemiah Price, John Price.
58 Lisburn, John and Jeremiah Brettell, Jonathan Hern.
Q. 10. What numbers are in the Society?
A. London -
- 2512
Gloucestershire
- 484
Kent -
- 258
Staffordshire -
- 654
Sussex
- 314
^Chester
- 466
Norwich
- 446
Macclesfield
- 1100
Lynn -
- 221
Manchester
- 1152
Bedfordshire -
- 503
Liverpool
- 1056
Oxfordshire
- 533
Leicester
- 522
Wilts., South -
- 309
Nottingham -
- 773
*North -
- 794
Grimsby
- 736
*Bristol
- 1339
Gainsborough -
- 471
Somerset )
Devon j
- 637
Ep worth
- 500
*Sheffield
- 933
^Cornwall, East
- 708
Leeds -
- 2200
West
- 1420
Birstal
- 1370
Pembrokeshne
- 220
Bradford
- 1450
Glamorgan
- 149
Keighley
- 1006
Brecon
99
Colne -
- 754
Vol. L
]
EC
130
1777.
Whitehaven
York -
Hull -
Scarborough
Yarm -
Thirsk -
The Dales
Newcastle
^Edinburgh
^Dundee
Aberdeen
Dublin
Waterford
- 142
Cork -
- 345
*Limerick
- 164
*Athlone
- 520
Sligo -
- 416
Clones -
- 509
Enniskillen
- 487
Londonderry -
- 722
*Armagh
- 580
Lisburn
- 868
In all
671
594
440
560
839
460
822
1915
245
155
273
458
Q. 11. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £380. Ss-. 2d.
Q. 12. What children are admitted this year?
A. We have no room for any more yet.
Q. 13. What girls?
A. There is no vacancy yet.
Q. 14. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. Nothing. There is only one contribution this
namely, for the New Chapel in London.
Q. 15. What was contributed to the Preachers' Fund?
A. £84>. Us. Q>d.
Q. 16. What was allowed out of it?
£. s. d.
8 8 0
10
38,274
year ,
Jane Garnet -
EHz. Dillon -
Isab. Slocomb
s.
5
5
A. J. M'Burney
Ehz. Standring - 10 0 0
John Hosmer- - 10 0 0
Eliz. Oldham - 5 5 0
Mary Penington - 7 7 0 j £56 15 0
Q. 17. How many wives are to be provided for?
A. In Ireland four (S. Watton, Payne, W., and Hern); in
England forty-nine.
Q. 18. By what Societies?
A. By the following : —
London, S. Jaco, Hindmarsh.
Sussex, S. Boon.
Wilts., North, S. Barker, S.
Wolfe, m.
Bristol, S. Bourke, Peacock.
Devon, S. Brisco.
Cornwall, East, S. Westell.
West, S. Poole.
Oxford, S. Cotty, £6.
Gloucestershire, S. Snowden,
Wolfe, £Q.
Staffordshire, S. Taylor.
Leicestershire, S. Beanland.
Nottinghamshire,S.Costerdine.
Chester, S. Roberts.
Macclesfield, S. Shaw.
Manchester, S. Mitchell,
Wright.
Liverpool, S. Collins, Oliver.
Grimsby, S. Brown.
Gainsborough, S. Easton.
Epworth, S. Harrison, Corbet.
S. Shorter, Green-
Sheffield,
wood .
Leeds, S.
Floyd.
Thompson, Morgan,
1778. 131
Yarmouth, S. Story.
Thirsk, S. Rowell.
The Dales, S, Robertshavv.
Newcastle, S. Barry, Crook.
Birstal, S. Hunter, Thompson.
Bradford, S. Hopper.
York, S. W., Lee.
Keighley, S. Brammah, Etu-
pringham. I Alnwick, S, Swan.
The money which was Avanting was then contributed.
Q. 19. Do any of the Preachers take money for wives who do
not want it ?
A. So it has frequently been asserted. But, upon inquiry, we
found it an absolute slander.
Q. 20. There is a difficulty in procuring the money for the
Preachers^ wives in Ireland. How may this be removed?
A. Let each Assistant take care to send up to the General
Assistant in Dublin, every quarter, the money which his Circuit
is to pay.
Q. 21. What houses are to be built this year?.
A. We have no objection to the building at Bath, at Col-
horton-Moor, at Macclesfield, and at Newcastle-under-Lyne ; for
which a collection may be made in the neighbouring Circuits.
And try if anything can be done at Birmingham.
Q. 23. Some of the late buildings have been ill conducted.
How may that be remedied?
A. Let the Assistant of the Circuit diligently superintend
every preaching-house which shall be hereafter built.
Q. 23. What can be done for the sufferers by the fall of the
gallery at Colne ?
A. Let a private collection be made for them in the neigh-
bouring Circuits.
Q. 24. Are not some of our Preachers clownish still, and
others apt to be offended ?
A. Great care should be taken to prevent or cure this, that
the good which is in them may not be evil spoken of.
Q. 25. When and where may the next Conference begin?
A. At Leeds, the first Tuesday in next August.
Q. 26. On what days may the Quarterly Fasts be observed ?
A. On the Friday in the Conference w^eek, the first Friday in
November, the first Friday in February, and the first Friday
in May.
LEEDS, Tuesday, August 4, 8^c., 1778.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Andi'ew Delap, Peter Mill, J. Howe, James Gaffney,
Robert Davis, Hugh Moore, William Saunders, Joseph Taylor,
Jasper Robinson, Thomas Vasey, John Whitley, Robert
Armstrong, John Mayly.
K 2
133 1778.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Duncan M'AUura, James Hall, William Church, Joseph
Saunderson, William Eels, John Blades, Hugh Moore, George
Brown, E. Jackson.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. William Gill, Andrew Blair, William Myles, John Accut,
James Burt, Thomas Warwick, Daniel Jackson, John
Livermore, Nathaniel Ward, Bobert Naylor, Jonathan Brown,
Robert Black.
Q. 4, Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING?
A. George Guthrie, Robert Swan. — Thomas Tatton, George
Wadsworth, William Severn.
Q. 5. What Preachers have died this year?
A. Thomas Hosking, a young man, just entering on the work ;
zealous, active, and of an unblameable behaviour. — And Richard
Bourke, a man of faith and patience, made perfect through
sufferings; one who joined the wisdom and calmness of age,
with the simplicity of childhood.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. Examine them one by one. This was carefully done, and
two were set aside.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
Joseph Bradford travels with Mr. Wesley.
John Atlay is the Book-Steward.
Thomas Olivers corrects the press.
1 London, John Pawson, Thomas Rankin, Thomas Ten-
nant; Peter Jaco, Super.; John Wesley,
Thomas Coke, John Abraham.
2 Sussea?, Charles Boon, Benjamin Rhodes, John Accut ;
James Skinner, Supernumerary.
3 Kent, James Rogers, Joseph Harper, M. F.
4 Norwich, Joseph Pilmoor, Barnabas Thomas, Robert
Naylor.
5 Lynn, John Moon, John Walker, Jasper
Robinson.
6 Bedfordshire, John Pritchard, William Whitaker, Thomas
Corbet.
7 Oxfordshire, Thomas Carlill, William Tunney.
8 Gloucestershire, Thomas Brisco, Samuel Smith, John
Bristol.
9 Wilts., South, Richard Whatcoat, William Barker, James
Perfect.
10 North, Samuel Randall, William Moore, Thomas
Newall, Thomas Westell.
11 Bristol, John Goodwin, John Valton, James Wood.
12 Taunton, Francis Wolfe, Henry Robins.
13 Tiverton, Samuel Wells, James Burt.
1778.
133
14 Cornwall, East, Richard Condy, John Furz, Joseph Jones,
John Poole.
15 West, John Mason, William Ashman, Richard
Rodda, James Cotty.
John Broadbent, Robert Black.
John Watson, William Chnrch.
James Hall, George Mowat, Joseph Pescod.
19 Staffordshire, T. Mitchell, William Horner.
20 Macclesfield, John Shaw, Nicholas Manners, Jeremiah
Brettell.
Duncan Wright, Joseph Benson.
James Barry, Robert Costerdine.
Robert Roberts, Thomas Hanby, Parson
Greenwood.
24 Leicestershire, Thomas Dixon, Richard Seed, Michael
Moorhouse.
25 Nottingham, William Collins, Samuel Bardsley, William
Percival.
26 Sheffield, Thomas Lee, George Snowden, John Fenwick.
27 Grimsby, John Peacock, John Norris, William Thorn,
R, Erapringham.
28 Gainsborough, Lancelot Harrison, Joseph Taylor.
16 Glamorgan,
17 Brecon,
18 Pembroke,
21 Manchester,
22 Chester,
23 Liverpool,
29 Epivorth,
30 Leeds',
31 Birstal,
32 Bradford,
33 Keighley,
34 Colne,
35 Whitehaven,
36 Isle of Man,
37 York,
38 Hull,
George Shadford, Martin Rodda, George
Shorter.
John Easton, John Floyd, James Hiudmarsh.
Thomas Taylor, John Oliver, William
Brammah, Robert Hayward.
Christopher Hopper, Thomas Johnson, John
Murlin.
John Allen, George Hudson.
Alexander Mather, Thomas Vasey.
Robert Wilkinson, Stephen Proctor.
John Crook, Robert Dall.
Thomas Hanson, John Morgan.
Christopher Watkins, J. Beanland.
39 Scarborough, Isaac Brown, John Wittam, William Saunders.
40 Thirsk, William Hunter, John Whitley.
41 Yarm, George Story, Edward Jackson, Thomas
Wride,
42 The Dales, Jeremiah Robertshaw, John Leech, Jonathan
Brown.
43 Newcastle, William Thompson, Jacob Rowell, Josepk
Thompson, William Eels.
44 Edinburgh, Francis Wrigley, Joseph Moore.
45 Dundee, Alexander M'Nab, William Dufton.
46 Aberdeen, Joseph Sauuderson, J. Watson, sen., Duncan:
M'Allum.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
134
1778.
A. Forty-four.
Q. 9. By what Societies ?
A. London, S. Jaco, Harper.
Sussex, S. Boon.
Gloucestershire, S. Brisco.
Bristol, S. Barker, Westell.
Devon, S. Wolfe.
Cornwall, East, S. Poole.
West, S. Rodda.
Staffordshire, S. Mitchell.
Macclesfield, S. Shaw, Crook.
Manchester, S. Wright, Cos-
terdine.
Chester, S. Barry.
Liverpool, S. Roberts, Green-
wood.
Leicestershire, S. Thorn.
Nottinghamshire, S. Collins.
Sheffield, S. Lee, Suowden.
Grimsby, S. Peacock.
Q. 10. What numbers are in
A. London - - 2,559
Sussex - - 340
Kent - - - 259
Norwich - - 484
Lynn - - - 238
Bedfordshire - - 550
Oxfordshire - - 547
Gloucestershire - 529
*Wilts., South - - 301
*North - - 727
^Bristol - - 1,330
Taunton 1 x,qo
Tiverton j
Cornwall, East-
West
*Glamorganshire
Brecon
Pembrokeshire -
Staffordshire -
Macclesfield
Manchester
Chester
Liverpool
Leicestershire -
*Nottingham -
^Sheffield
Grimsby
Gainsborough, S. Harrison.
Ep worth, S. Shorter.
Leeds, S. Eastou, Eloyd,
Hindmarsh.
Birstal, S. Taylor, Brammah.
BradTord, S. Hopper.
Keighley, S. Oliver.
Colne, S. Mather.
York, S. Morgan.
Hull, S. Beanland.
Halifax, S. Wilkinson.
Thirsk, S. Hunter.
Yarm, S. Story.
The Dales, S. Robertshaw.
Newcastle, S. . Thompsons^
Rowell.
Oxfordshire, Ion u «.
Tj If 1 u- r-S. Corbet.
Bedtordshire, j
the Society ?
Gainsborough - - 503
Ep worth - - 510
Leeds - - - 2,337
Birstal - - 1,751
Bradford - - 1,522
Keighley - - 1,104
Colne - - - 770
Whitehaven ) qqo
Isle of Man j " ^"^"^
York - - - 680
Hull - - - 500
Scarborough - - 565
- 718
- 1,430
- 138
- 117
- 242
- 690
- 1,1G0
- 1,250
- 510
- 1,095
- 626
- 739
- 795
- 733
Thirsk -
Yarm -
The Dales
*Newcastle
*Edinburgh
*Dundee
Aberdeen
Dublin
*Cork -
Waterford
Limerick
Castlebar 1
Athlone j
*Sligo -
*Clones
573
880
825
1,887
161
142
311
462
325
170
257
526
402
461
1778.
135
511
582
708
Belfast
Lisburn
America
Enniskillen
Lisleen )
Armagh j
Londonderry -
In all
Q. 11. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £366. Us. lUcl.
Q. 12. What children are admitted this year?
A. John Slocomb, John Bourke, James Mitchell^
Pinder, Cornelius Peacock.
Q. 13. What girls?
A. Ann Easton, Sarah Brown.
Q. 14. Ought all the money that
to be produced at the Conference ?
932
6,968
47,057
Joseph
is contributed anywhere
A. Undoubtedly. Nothing should be stopped, on any reason
or pretence whatsoever.
Q. 15. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £621. I7s. lOd.
Q. 16. How was this distributed ?
£. s. d.
£.
s.
d.
A. Preachers^ \
Necessities j
227 12 10
Newcastle
21
0
0
Shaftesbury
10
0
0
Law
15 12 0
Macclesfield
10
0
0
Contingencies -
85 10 0
Bodmin
5
5
0
London -
Londonderry
161 18 0
75 0 0
£621
17
10
Dublin -
10 0 0
Q. 17. What is
contributed for the Preachers'
Fund?
A. iJ99. 8s. 6cl.
Q. 18. What was allowed out
of it?
£. s. d.
Jane Garnet
10
0
0
EHz. Garnet
8
8
0
Is. Slocomb
10
0
0
I. Waldron
7
7
0
T. Westell
14
14
0
5
5
0
£.
5
5
5
20
13
A. To E. Stand-
ring -
John M'Burney -
John Hosraer
Mary Penington -
Lucia Bourke
Eliz. Oldham - 5 5 0 £104 12 0
Q. 19. Is it not advisable for us to visit all the gaols we can?
A. By all means. There cannot be a greater charity.
Q. 20. What houses are' to be built this year?
A. At Addingham, Padiham, Pannall, Davyhulme, Frome,
Macclesfield.
Q. 21. Many Trustees are dead. What is to be done?
A. 1. Let each Assistant inquire before Christmas, what
Trustees are wanting in his Circuit.
2. Let him write me word when they think proper to supply
the want.
136 1779.
Q. 22. Some Trustees may abuse their power after my death.
What can be done now to prevent this ?
A. It seems, we need take no thought for the morrow. God
will provide when need shall be.
Q. 23. Why do so many of our Preachers fall into nervous
disorders ?
A. Because they do not sufficiently observe Dr. Cadogan's
rules ; — To avoid Indolence and Intemperance.
They do indeed use exercise. But many of them do not use
enough; not near so much as they did before they were Preach-
ers. And sometimes they sit still a whole day. This can never
consist with health. They are not intemperate in the vulgar
sense : they are neither drunkards nor gluttons. But they take
more food than nature requires ; particularly in the evening.
Q. 24. What advice would you give to those that are nervous?
A. Advice is made for them that will take it. But who are
thej' ? One in ten, or twenty ?
Then I advise: — 1. Touch no dram, tea, tobacco, or snuff.
2. Eat very light, if any, supper.
3. Breakfast on nettle or orange-peel tea.
4. Lie down before ten ; — rise before six.
5. Every day use as much exercise as you can bear : — Or,
6. Murder yourself by inches.
Q. 25. When and where may the next Conference begin?
A. At London, the first Tuesday in next August.
Q. 2G. On what days may the Quarterly Easts be observed?
A. Next Friday, the first Friday in November, the first Friday
in February, and the first in May.
LONDON, Tuesday, August 3, 1779.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Edward Jackson, Joseph Saunderson, William Eels, Johu
Norris, James Hall, Daniel Jackson, Robert Naylor.
David Evans and George Wadsworth were re-admitted.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Duncan M'Allum, William Church, Hugh Moore, George
Brown, William Gill, Andrew Blair, Wilham Myles, Thomas
Warwick, John Accut, Jonathan Brown, and Robert Blake.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Henry Moore, Thomas Barber, Thomas Davis, John Booth,
Samuel Mitchell, James Christie, George Button, William
Simpson, George A'^aughan, Alexander Suter, William Warreuer.
Q. 4. Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING?
A. William Whitaker, disabled by the stone ; Joseph Moore,
Robert Empringliam, and John Whitley.
Q. 5. What Preachers have died this year?
1779. 137
A. George Shorter, an Israelite indeed, a lively, zealous,
active man ; a witness of full salvation, and an earnest exhorter
of all believers to aspire after it. — And James GafFney, a young
man of considerable abilities, wise above his years. He was
snatched away by a galloping consumption; but was fully
delivered from the fear of death, and was unspeakably happy,
though in violent pain, till his spirit returned to God.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. Examine them one by one.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
Joseph Bradford travels with Mr. Wesley.
John Atlay is the Book- Steward.
Thomas Olivers corrects the press.
1 London, J. W., T. Coke, John Pawson, Thomas Rankin,
John Murlin.
2 Sussea^, Samuel Wells, Joseph Harper, Alexander Suter.
3 Kent, Parson Greenwood, Francis Wrigley, James
Perfect.
4 Norwich, George Shadford, Samuel Bardsley, John'Accut.
5 Lynn, John Pritchard, John Moon, James Skinner.
6 Bedfordshire, Charles Boon, William Barker.
7 Oxfordshire, George Story, Thomas Newall.
8 Northamptonshire, William Eels, Thomas Corbet.
9 Gloucestershire, Jolin Goodwin, James Wood, John Broadbent.
10 Wiltshire, South, Hichard Whatcoat, David Evans, John
Wittara, Richard Seed.
11 North, Samuel Randall, Francis Wolfe, Henry
Robins, Thomas Tennant.
12 Bristol, Alexander M'Nab, John Valton, John Bristol.
13 Taunton, John Mason, Michael Moorhouse.
14 Tiverton, Thomas Carlill, William Ashman.
15 Cornwall, East, Richard Condy, William Tunney, Robert
Blake, John Poole.
16 West, Thomas Hanson, George Wadsworth,
Richard Rodda, William Simpson.
17 Glamorgan, William Church, James Cotty.
18 Brecon, J. Watson, jun., Robert Swan.
19 Pembroke, William Moore, John Booth, Zach. Yewdall.
20 Staffordshire, Thomas IMitchell, Robert Costerdine.
21 Macclesfield, John and Jeremiah Brettell, Robert Hayward.
22 Manchester, Joseph Benson, George Snowden.
23 Chester, James Barry, William Horner.
24 Liverpool, Robert Roberts, John Leech, Thomas Hanby.
25 Leicester, Thomas Dixon, John Furz, Joseph Pescod.
26 Nottingham, William Collins, John Walker, George Vaughan.
27 Sheffield, Thomas Lee, William Brammah.
28 Griinsbi/, John Peacock, Daniel Jackson, George Button.
lo8
1779.
30 Epivorth,
31 Leeds,
32 Birstal,
33 Bradford,
34 Keighley,
35 Colne,
29 GainshoroiKjh, Lancelot Harrison, William "Warrener, Thomas
Warwic|v.
Nicholas jNIanners, John Norris, Joseph Taylor.
John Easton, John Allen, James Rogers.
Thomas Taylor, John Floyd, John Oliver, John
Shaw.
Alexander Mather, Thomas Johnson, Thomas
Brisco.
James Hindmarsh, George Hudson.
Christopher Hopper, William Percival.
36 Whitehaven, Jeremiah Robertshaw, Thomas Vasey.
37 Isle of Man, John Crook, Martin Rodda.
38 York, John Fenwick, John INIorgan.
39 Hull, Isaac Brown, John Beanland.
40 Scarborough, Christopher Watkins, James Watson, Thomas
Wridc.
William Hunter, Jonathan Brown.
Duncan Wright, Edward Jackson, William
Saunders.
Jacob Rowell, Robert Wilkinson, Thomas
Richy.
William Thompson, John Watson, sen., Stephen
Proctor, William Thom.
Joseph Pilmoor, Barnabas Thomas, Benjamin
Rhodes.
George JMowat, Robert Naylor.
Joseph Saunderson,W.Dufton. ^Let these change
Duncan M'Allum, Jaspers once in two
Robinson. \ months.
Richard Watkinson, James Hall.
Samuel Bradburn, John Bredin.
Hugh Moore, WiUiam Gill.
Thomas Payne, Richard Boardman.
Robert Armstrong, T. H.
J. H., sen., J. H., jun., Nehemiah Price.
John Price, Thomas Barber.
Robert Lindsay, John M'Burney.
57 Enniskillen, John Mayly, WiUiam M'Cornock.
58 Armagh, Peter Mill, Jonathan Hern, T. Davis.
59 Lisleen, George Brown, Samuel ]\Iitchell.
CO Londonderry, Thomas Rutherford, Henry Moore, Andrew
Blair.
61 Belfast, John Prickard, James Christie.
62 Lisburn, WiUiam Boothby, Robert Davis, William
Myles.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. Forty-three.
Q. 9. By what Societies ?
41
Thirsk,
42
Yarm,
43
The Dales,
44 Newcastle,
45
Edinburgh,
46 Dundee,
47 Aberdeen,
48 Inverness,
49 Dublin,
50
Cork,
51
52
Waterford,
Limerick,
53
Castlebar,
54 Athlone,
55
56
Sligo,
Clones,
1779.
139
A. London, S, Booties. Story.
Sussex, S. Harper.
Gloucestershire, S. Goodwin.
Bristol, S.Wilkinson, S. Evans.
Wilts., North, S. Swan.
Devon, S. Wolfe.
Cornwall, East, S. Poole.
West, S. Rodda.
Staffordshire, S. Mitchell.
Macclesfield, S. Costerdine.
Manchester, S. Snowden and
S. Oliver.
Chester, S. Barry.
Liverpool, S. Roberts, S.
Greenwood.
Leicestershire, S. Corbet.
Nottinghamshire, S. Collins.
Sheffield, S. Lee, S. Brammah.
Grimsby, S. Peacock.
Q. 10. What numbers are in
A. *London - 2436
^Sussex - - 321
Kent - - 330
Norwich - - 497
Lynn - - 187
^Bedfordshire - 494
^Oxfordshire - - 523
^Gloucestershire - 496
Wilts., South- - 307
North- - 843
Bristol - - 1505
*Taunton - - 209
*Tiverton - - 355
Cornwall, East - 718
*West - 1412
Glamorgan - - 152
Brecon - - 140
*Pembrokeshire - 239
Staffordshire - 713
Macclesfield - - 1236
Manchester - ■- 1307
Chester - - 550
^Liverpool - - 1031
Leicestershire - 632
Nottingham - - 780
Sheffield - - 843
Grimsby - - 837
* Gainsborough - 480
Gainsborough, S. Harrison.
Epworth, S. Robertshaw.
Leeds, S. Easton, S. Rogers,
S. Flovd.
Birstal, S. Taylor, S. Shaw.
Bradford, S. Mather.
Keighley, S. Hindmarsh, S.
Crook.
Colne, S. Hopper.
York, S. Morgan.
Scarborough, S. Brown.
Halifax, S. Brisco.
Thirsk, S. Hunter.
Yarm, S. Wright.
The Dales, S. Rowell.
Newcastle, S. Thompson, S.
Thorn, S. Watson.
Oxfordshire, \ g g^^j^gj.
Bedfordshire, )
the Societies ?
Epworth - - 630
*Leeds - - 2222
Birstal - - 2323
Bradford - - 1541
Keighley - - 1260
Colne - - 790
Whitehaven - - 302
Isle of Man - - 1051
*York - - 653
Hull - - - 681
Scarborough - - 670
Thirsk - - 600
Yarm - - 900
The Dales - - 828
Newcastle - - 1890
Edinburgh - - 193
*Dundee - - 121
*Aberdeen - - 276
Inverness - - 42
Dublin - - 562
*Cork - - 239
Waterford - - 300
Limerick - - 355
^-Castlebar - - 182
*Athlone - - 230
Sligo ~ - 489
Clones - - 615
Enniskillen - - 560
Lisleeu
Armagh
*Loudonderry
*Belfast
N.B.
we
140
638 Lisburn
811
150
334
America is omitted,
account for the decrease
1779.
475
42,486
Q. 11. How can we account tor tlie decrease in so many
Circuits this year ?
A. It may be owing, partly to want of preaching abroad, and
of trying new pLiccs ; partly to prejudice against the King, and
speaking evil of dignities ; but chiefly to the increase of worldly-
mindedness, and conformity to the world.
Q. 12. How can we stop this evil-speaking?
A. Suffer none that speak evil of those in authority, or that
prophesy evil to the ration, to preach with us. Let every
Assistant take care of this.
Q. 13. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
A. £368. 18*.
Q. 14. What children are admitted this year?
A. George Snowden, John Barry, Charles Margate.
Q. 15. W^hat is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £473. 6s. 2d.
Q. 16. How was this distributed ?
£.
d.
A. For Preachers'
Necessities. j
Law - - 28
Contingencies for 1
year )
100
3
2
15
0
0
0
To Padihara
To Newly n
To Shaftesbury
To Arbroath
To Exeter
To Neston
£.
20
10
10
10
3
1
the present v
To Grimsby ' - 5 5 0
To Louth - 10 0 0
To Londonderry - 10 0 0 £473 6 2
To Colne - - 30 0 0
Q. 17. Exceeding little has been contributed this year. How
may this, be altered?
A. Let every Assistant, 1. Read publicly the article in the
Minutes : 2. Ask every person at the Christmas visitation,
" What will you subscribe ? " 3. Receive it at the next visitation.
Q. 18. But whatever is subscribed will not answer' the
numberless demands. What can be done to lessen these?
A. 1. Let every Circuit bear its own burden, and not lean
upon the Conference. 2. Tell every one expressly, " We do
not make a subscription for paying debts." 3. Let all the
Assistants in Ireland do the same as those in England.
Q. 19. When should casual collections be made ?
A. Between the Conference and January 1st.
Q. 20. Should not the Plans be brought in yearly?
A. Certainly : the Plan of every Circuit.
Q. 21. What is contributed for the Preachers' Fund?
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
Eliz. Dillou
5
5
0
18
0
0
Jane Garnet
5
5
0
10
0
0
Mary Peniiigtou
5
5
0
12
0
0
Eliz. Shorter -
7
7
0
10
10
0
0
0
0
£88
7
0
5
5
0
1780. 141
A. £106. 85. 2d.
Q. 22. What is allowed out of it ?
A. To Isaac
Waldron
Eliz. Standring
T. Westell
Lucia Bourke -
W. Whitaker -
Eliz. Oldham -
Q. 23. What houses are to be built this year ?
A. At Huntingdon, High-Wycomb, Plymouth, Plymouth-
Dock, Salop, Nottingham, Sheffield, Hunslet, Greetland,
Mirfield.
We do not judge it proper that a house should be built at
South Shields.
Q. 24. Has each Assistant inquired, what Trustees were
wanting for aiiy house in his Circuit? and considered, who are
proper persons to supply the want ?
A. No. But let it be done this year.
Q. 25. Should any Assistant take into the Society any whom
his predecessor has put out ?
A. Not without first consulting him.
Q. 26. Preachers hasten home to their wives after preaching.
Ought this to be done?
A. Never, till they have met the Society.
Q. 27. What can be done to revive the work in Scotland ?
A. 1. Preach abroad as much as possible :
2. Try every town and village :
3. Visit every member of every Society at home :
4. Let the Preachers at Dundee and Arbroath never stay at
one place more than a week at a tima :
5. Let each of them once a quaiter visit Perth and Dunkeld,
and the intermediate villages.
BRISTOL, Tuesday, August 1, 1780.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. William Church, George Button, WiUiara Warrener,
Robert Blake,
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Nathaniel Ward, George Dice, Robert Bridge, Jonathan
Brown, John Booth, Alexander Suter, Zach. Yewdall, George
Wawne, Duncan M'Allum, Hugh Moore, George Brown, Andrew
Blair, WilHam Myles, Henry Moore, Thomas Barber, Samuel
Mitchell, William Simpson, Edward Jackson.
143 . 1780.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. John Cricket, Joseph Cole, William Green, T. Shaw,
Jonathan Cousins, John Livermore, Robert Hopkins, Samuel
Hodgson, Joshua Keighley, Andrew Inglis, and Henry Foster.
Q. 4. Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING?
A. Thomas Newall, George Hudson, Thomas Wride, William
Barker, and John Beanland for want of health.
N. B. As we admit no one as a Travelling Preacher,
unless we judge him to have grace, gifts, and fruit; so we
cannot receive any one as such any longer than he retains those
qualifications.
Q. 5. What Preachers have died this year?
A. Samuel Wells, a sensible, honest, upright man, who put
forth all his strength in every part of his work. He was parti-
cularlj'' zealous in observing discipline, and in exhorting believers
to go on to perfection. — And William Brammah, who, having
had much weakness and pain, finished his course with joy.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Wesley, Charles Wesley, Thomas Coke,
Bichard Boardman, Joseph Bradford, John
Atlay.
2 Sussex, Francis Wrigley, William Ashman.
3 Kent, Richard Whatcoat, Thomas Mitchell.
4 Colchester, Peter Mill, James Perfect.
5 Norwich, James Wood, John Moon, Jonathan Cousins.
6 Lynn, Charles Boon, Robert Hopkins.
7 Bedford, Thomas Vasey, John Norris.
8 Northampton, William Eels, Joshua Keighley.
9 Oxfordshire, George Story, John Accut.
10 Gloucestershire, John Goodwin, George Wawne, Joseph
Cole.
11 Salisbury, William Tunney, John Poole, John Walker,
William Green.
12 Bradford, John Mason, Richard. Rodda, Alexander Suter,
John Wittam.
13 Bristol, John Pawson, Thomas Rankin, Thomas
Tennant.
14 Taunton, John Pritcliard, James Skinner.
15 Tiverton, Nicholas Manners, Thomas Shaw.
16 Cornwall, East, Jeremiah Brettell, INIartin Rodda, Simon
Day, Henry Foster.
17 West, Thomas Hanson, John Booth, Francis
Wolfe, Stephen Proctor.
18 Glamorganshire, William Plorner, Zachariah Yewdall.
19 Brecon, John Prickard, Henry Robins.
1780.
143
20 Pembrokeshire, Samuel llanclall, William Moore, William
Church.
21 Staffordshire, John Broaclbent, Robert Swau.
22 Macclesfield, Robert Roberts, Robert Costerdine, Thomas
Corbet.
John Valton, George Snowden.
William Boothby, Jonathan Hern.
John Easton, Thomas Hauby, Richard Seed.
James Barry, John Brettell, M. Moorhouse;
J, Furz, Supernumerary.
John Hampson, sen., Joseph Pescod, David
Evans.
James Rogers, Alexander M'Nab, Samuel
Bardsley.
George Shadford, Robert Wilkinson, Robert
Hayward, William Warrener.
30 Gainsborough, Isaac Brown, Jeremiah Robertshaw, George
Button.
Joseph Harper, Thomas Warwick, John Oliver.
John Allen, John Murlin, Joseph Benson.
Thomas Lee, John Floyd, John Shaw.
Parson Greenwood, Thomas Johnson.
Alexander Mather, James Hindmarsh, John
Fenwick. ^.^ A^_.-^^ ^-_ c^^:^-^- /Z>,^
Samuel Bradburn, Willimn Sieapsosi.
Christopher Hopper, Thoraas Longley.
William Thom, Joseph Thompson.
39 Isle of Man, John Crook, Thomas Readshaw.
40 York, Thomas Taylor, Joseph Taylor, Samuel Hodg-
son.
41 Hull, Lancelot Harrison, William Percival.
42 Scarborough, Thomas Dixon, John Peacock, James Watson.
43 Thirsk, Christopher Watkins, John Leech.
44 Yarm, Duncan Wright, Daniel Jackson, Jonathan
Bi'own; Jacob Rowell, Supernumerary.
45 The Dales, Edward Jackson, William Saunders, John
Morgan.
46 Newcastle, William Hunter, William Collins, Benjamin
Rhodes, Thomas Brisco.
47 Edinburgh, William Thompson, John Watson, sen., Duncan
M'Allum.
48 Dundee, Jasper Robinson, William Dufton.
49 Aberdeen, Joseph Saunderson, John Hampson, jun.
50 Inverness, John Watson, jun., George Mowat.
51 Dublin, Joseph Pilmoor, Barnabas Thomas.
52 Cork, Richard Watkinson, William Myles.
53 Waterford, Thomas Payne, Thomas Barber.
54 Limerick, John Livermore, Robert Naylor.
23 Manchester,
24 Chester,
25 Liverpool,
26 Leicester,
27 Nottingham,
28 Sheffield,
29 Grimsby,
31 Epworth,
32 Leeds,
33 Birstal,
34 Hiiddersfield,
35 Bradford,
36 Keighley,
37 Colne,
38 Whitehaven,
144
1780.
55 Castlebar, Robert Lindsay, Samuel Mitchell.
56 Athlone, Nchemiah Price, T. H., John Bredin.
57 S/iffo, Andrew Blair, James Jordan, William West.
58 Clones, John Price,WilliamM'Cornock, Robert Bridge.
59 Enniskillen, George Brown, Robert Davis, Edward Evaus,
60 Charlemout, Henry Moore, Robert Blake, Nathaniel Ward.
61 Lisleen, Hugh Moore, Robert Armstrong, John Cricket.
62 Londonderry, Thomas Rutherford, Thomas Davis.
63 Belfast, John Mayly, George Dice.
64 Lisburn, Thomas Carlill, James Hall.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. Fifty-two.
Q. 9. By what Societies?
A. By London, S. Bradford,
Wood.
J. W. and T. C, S. Poole,
Hindmarsh, Naylor.
Sussex, S. Mitchell.
Gloucestershire, S. Goodwin.
Bristol, S. Boon, Storv, Church.
North Wilts., S. Rodda.
Cornwall, East, S, Dav.
West, S," Booth,
Green.
Devon, S. Corbet.
Birmingham, S. Swan.
Macclesfield, S. Roberts, Cos-
terdiue.
Manchester, S. Snowden,
Oliver.
Chester, S. Hern.
Liverpool, S. Easton, Thom.
Leicester, S. Barry.
Nottingham, S. Evans.
Q. 10. What numbers are in the Societies ?
A. In London - 2498
Sussex - - 288
Kent - - 253
Norwich - - 555
Colchester j ' ^^^
Bedfordshire - 244
Northampton - 217
Oxfordshire - 445
Gloucestershire - 626
Salisbury - 331
Bradford - 925
Bristol - - 1492
Sheffield, S. Rogers, W.
Thompson.
Grimsby, S. Wilkinson.
Gainsborough, S. Robertshaw.
Epworth, S. Harper.
Leeds, S. Greenwood, Longley,
Joseph Thompson.
Birstal, S. Floyd, Shaw.
Bradford, S. Mather, Brisco.
Keighley, S. Bradburn, Brown.
Colne, S. Hopper.
York, S. Taylor, Rowell.
Hull, S. Harrison.
Scarborough, S. Peacock.
Thirsk, S. Leech.
Yarm, S. Wright.
The Dales, S. Morgan.
Newcastle, S. Watson, Collins,
Hunter.
LsleofMan, S. Crook.
Taunton )
Tiverton j
517
Cornwall, East
637
West
1334
Glamorgan -
168
Brecon
135
Pembrokeshire
196
Birmingham
681
Macclesfield
- 1380
Manchester
- 1323
Chester
507
Liverpool
- 1023
Leicester
633
1780.
145
Kottingliam -
Sheffield
Grimsby
Gainsborough
Epworth
Leeds
Birstal \
Huddersfield J
Bradford
Keii
700
823
748
507
659
2330
2340
Edinburgh
Dundee
Aberdeen )
Inverness J
Dublin
Waterford
Cork
Limerick
Castlebar
Athlone
Sligo
Clones
Enniskilleu -
Lisleen
Charlemont -
Londonderry -
Belfast
Lisburn
208
127
220
527
177
243
283
197
315
G'J4
615
569
651
782
166
415
475
- 1754
.ghley - - 1360
Colne . - 951
Whitehaven - - 305
Isle of Man - - 1486
York - - 720
Hull - - 696
Scarborough - - 665
Thirsk - - 626
Yarm - - 940
The Dales - - 832
Newcastle - - 1944 In all 43,830
Q. 11. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £402. Is. 9d.
Q. 12. What boys are received there this year ?
A. Thomas Warwick, James Hanby, and Thomas Harrison.
Q. 13. What girls are removed from school?
A. E. Taylor, Brisco, and Mary Payne.
Q. 14. Should any others be admitted?
A. Not yet. Instead of this, give P. Taylor, A. Brisco, M.
Roberts, and H. Barry, ^66 each; and consider how to
dispose of Mary Payne.
Q. 15. What was contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £629. Is. 9d.
Q. 16. How was this expended?
A. Thus :—
£.
s.
d.
This year's
Con-
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100
0
0
tingencies
Last year's
ficiencies
De-
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16
2
6
Preachers'
cessities
Ne-
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270
18
3
Law
4
0
0
Edinburgh
-
102
18
0
Arbroath -
-
10
0
0
Dunbar -
_
10
0
0
Sheffield -
_
12
18
6
Greenock -
_
5
0
0
Sibsey
-
10
0
0
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Wolverhampton
Worcester
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Elizabeth Oldham
Elizabeth Shorter
Catherine Garnet
£.
s.
d.
5
5
0
5
5
0
5
5
0
5
5
0
5
5
0
146 1781.
•
Q. 17. What was contributed to the Preachers' Fund?
A. £87.
Q. 18. What was allowed out of it ?
£. s. d.
A. To Isaac Waldron 20 0 0
Thomas Westell _ 18 0 0
John Shaw - 14 0 0
William Whitaker 12 0 0
EHzabeth Standring 10 0 0
Mary Peniugton 10 0 0
AHce Brammah 10 0 0 In all £120 5 0
Q. 19. What remains in the Preachers' Fund ?
^4. Upwards of £700: and we never desire it should rise
higher.
Q. 20. What houses are to be built this year ?
A. At Deverel, Cowbridge, Lane End, Birmingham, Delf, and
Retford.
Q. 21. What business have we remaining?
A. The main business for which we met : To revise and
enforce the Large jNIinutes of the Conference.
Q. 22. Where and when may we meet again ?
A. At Leeds, on the first Tuesday in August.
LEEDS, Tuesdaij, August 7, ^c, 1781.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. John Booth, Zachariah Yewdall, Duncan M'Allum^ Wilham
Simpson, Jonathan Cousins, William Green, Samuel Hodgson,
Joshua Keighley, Jonathan Brown, George Gibbon, Andrew
Inglis, Nathaniel Ward, Thomas Shaw, and Thomas Longley.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. George Dice, Robert Bridge, Alexander Suter, Hugh
Moore, George Brown, Andrew Blair, William Myles, Henry
Moore, Thomas Barber, Samuel Mitchell, John Cricket, Joseph
Cole, John Livermore, and Henry Foster.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Thomas Elhs, Charles Atmore, T. Cooper, James Wray,
Philip Hardcastle, John Ingham, William Graham, T. Tatter-
shall, and Christopher Peacock,
Q. 4. Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING?
A. Martin Rodda, William Tunney.
Q. 5. What Preachers have died this year?
A, George Wawne, a young man zealous for God, and of an
unblameable behaviour : — And Robert Wilkinson, an Israelite
indeed ; a man of faith and prayer, who, having been a pattern
of all good works, died in the full triumph of faith.
1781. 147
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. Let them be examined one by one.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Wesley, Cliarles Wesley, John Fletcher,
Thomas Coke, John Atlay; Joseph Bradford,
Supernumerary.
2 Sussex, William Ashman, Thomas Cooper.
3 Ke7it, Thomas Rankin, James Hindmarsh.
4 Colchester, Thomas Carlill, John Ingham.
5 Norivich, James Wood, William Horner, John Accut,
Robert Hopkins.
6 Lynn, John Prickard, George Button.
7 Bedford, Thomas Vasey, Robert Swan,
8 Northampton, Richard Whatcoat, Michael Moorhouse.
9 Oxfordshire, Richard Rodda, Thomas Warwick.
10 Gloucester, George Story, Joseph Cole, John Walker.
11 Sarum, Praucis Wrigley, Thomas Shaw, Jonathan
Cousins, John Poole.
12 Bradford, John Mason, James Perfect, George Gibbon,
W. Green.
13 Bristol, John Pawson, John Murlin, William Moore.
14 Taunton, John Pritchard, Charles Boon.
15 Tiverton, John Moon, Alexander Suter.
16 Cornwall, East, Thomas Payne, John Wittam, William
Saunders, George Wadsworth.
17 West, Christopher Watkins, Nicholas Manners,
Francis Wolfe, Simon Bay.
18 Glamorgan, Stephen Proctor, William Church.
19 Pembroke, Samuel Randall, Thomas Tennant, James Hall.
20 Brecon, Henry Robins, Nathaniel Ward.
21 Staffordshire, John Broadbent, John Goodwin, Thomas
Hanby.
22 Macclesfield, Robert Roberts, John Hampson, jun., John
Leech; Richard Seed, Supernumerary.
23 Manchester, John Valton, John Allen, Alexander M'Nab.
24 Chester, William Boothby, Supernumerary, Jonathan
Hern, William Simpson.
25 Liverpool, John Easton, Jeremiah Brettell, William Eels.
26 Leicester, Joseph Harper, Robert Costerdine, David Evans ;
John Furz, Supernumerary.
27 Nottingham, John Hampson, sen., John Brettell, James
Skinner.
28 Sheffield, James Rogers, William Percival, Jos. Taylor.
29 Grimsby, George Shadford, Thomas Corbet, Joseph
Pescod, Charles Atmore.
30 Gainsborough, Jeremiah Robertshaw, W. Warrener, Philip
Hardcastle.
L 2
148 1781.
31 EpiDorth, James Barry, John Norris, Thomas Tattershall.
3.2 Leeds, Alexander Mather^ Christopher Hopper, Joseph
Benson.
33 Birstal, Thomas Brisco, John Shaw, Thomas Longley.
3i Huddersfield, George Snowden, Thomas Lee.
35 Bradford, Samuel Bradburn, John Floyd, John Oliver.
36 Ki'ujlde]}, Isaac Brown, Robert Hay ward.
37 Colne, Thomas Hanson, Thomas Beadshaw, Parson
Greenwood.
38 Whitehaven, Thomas Dixon, John Booth.
39 Isle of Man, Daniel Jackson, Jonathan Brown.
40 York, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Johnson, Joshua
Keighley.
41 Hull, Lancelot Harrison, William Dufton, Samuel
Hodgson.
42 Sca7'boroii(/7i, John Fenwick, John Peacock, Christopher
Peacock.
43 Thirsk, Joseph Thompson, John Beanland, James
Wray.
44 Yar'm, William Collins, James Watson, Benjamin
Bhodes.
45 The Dales, Wm. Thom, John jMorgan, Jasper Robinson.
46 Newcastle, Duncan Wright, William Hunter, Edward
Jackson, Thomas Ellis.
47 Edinburgh, William Thompson, Jos. Sauuderson, Duncan
M'Allum.
48 Dundee, Barnabas Thomas.
49 Aberdeen, Peter Mill, Samuel Bardsley, Andrew Inglis.
50 Dublin, Joseph Pilmoor, John Crook.
51 Waterford, Robert Lindsay, Zachariah Yewdall.
52 Cork, Richard Watkinson, N. Price.
53 Limerick, John Cricket, Richard Boardman.
54 Castlebar, Thomas Barber, Robert Naylor.
55 Athlone, John Price, George Mowat, John Watson, sen.
56 Sligo, Andrew Blair, Thomas Davis; John Mayh'',
John Miller, George Dice : change once in
three months.
57 Clones, Samuel Mitchell, Robert Blake, Edward Evans.
58 Enniskillen, John Livermore, Robert Armstrong, Robert
Bridge.
59 Charlemont, Henry Foster, William M'Cornock, Robert
Davis.
GO Lisleen, George Brown, James Jordan, Win. Graham.
61 Londonderry, Hugh Moore, William West.
62 Belfast, William Myles, John Watson, jun.
63 Lisburn, Thomas Rutherford, Henry Moore.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. Forty-eight.
1781.
149
Q. 9. By what Societies?
j4. London, S, Bradford,
Wood.
Sussex, S. Hindmarsh.
Gloucestershire, S. Story.
Bristol, S. Church, Moore.
Bradford, S. Poole.
Cornwall, East, S. Payne.
West, S. Day, Swan.
Devon, S. Boon.
Birmingham, S. Goodwin.
Macclesfield, S. Roberts,
Costerdine.
Manchester, S. Longley,
Oliver.
Hern.
S.
Rutlierford,
Watson.
Chester, S
Liverpool,
Easton.
Leicester, S. Evans.
Nottingham, S. Harper
Q. 10. Three wives are still unprovided for ;
for them ?
A. Supply them from the Preachers' Fund.
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Societies?
Sheffield, S. Rogers, Thomp-
son.
Grimsby, S. Corbet.
Gainsborough, S. Robertshaw.
Epworth, S. Barry.
Leeds, S. Mather, Moore,
Hopper.
Birstal, S. Brisco, Snowden.
Bradford, S. Bradburn, Floyd.
Keighley, S. Brown, Shaw.
Colne, S. Greenwood.
York, S. Taylor.
Hull, S. Harrison.
Scarborough, S. Peacock.
Thirsk, S. Thompson.
Yarm, S. Collins.
Newcastle, S.^AVright, Hunter,
what shall we do
A. In *London
- 2,511
Liverpool
- 927
Sussex
- 187
*Leicester
- 660
Kent -
- 213
^Nottingham -
- 767
Colchester
- 151
*Sheffield
- 920
*Norwich
- 582
* Grimsby
- 880
Lvnn -
- 161
*Gainsborough
- 580
^Bedford
- 274
*Epworth
- 702
*Northampton-
- 251
*Leeds
- 2,480
Oxfordshire
- 442
Birstal
- 1,431
* Gloucestershire
- 667
Huddersfield -
- 795
*Sarum
- 346
*Bradford
- 1,830
Bradford
- 889
Keighley
- 1,201
Bristol
- 1,444
*Colne
- 958
*Taunton
- 204
Whitehaven
- 290
Tiverton
- 397
*Isle of Man -
- 1,597
Cornwall, East-
- 613
*York -
- 767
*West
- 1,538
*Hull -
- 709
^Glamorganshire
- 163
*Scarborough -
- 670
Pembroke
- 181
*Thirsk
- 650
Brecon
- 110
Yarm -
- 970
* Birmingham -
- 803
The Dales
- 821
Macclesfield
- 1,326
Newcastle
- 1,786
^Manchester -
- 1,426
Edinburgh
- 191
^Chester
- 515
Dundee
- 112
150
1781.
Aberdeen )
Inverness j
*Dublin
*Cork -
*Waterford
Limerick
*Castlebar
Athlone
*Sligo -
198
546
246
252
212
206
258
910
*Clones
- 627
Enniskilleu
- 569
Charlemont
- 680
Lisleen
- 646
*Londonderrv -
- 172
Belfast
- 393
Lisburn
- 458
44,461
In all
N.B. The Circuits marked thus, * are increased this year.
Q. 12. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £440. Is. Id.
Q. 13. What boys ai'e received there this year?
A. Thomas Brisco, James Poole, David Evans, Joseph Collins,
James Eowell, James Barry.
Q. 14. What shall we allow to those parents whose children
cannot be received ?
A. Allow Harriet Barry, Mary Roberts, Hannah Peacock,
Jane Thompson, Eliz. Brown, and Eliz. Easton, £6 each. And
let each Assistant diligently inquire how this is expended, and
give an account of it at the yearly Conference.
Q. 15. Can any one recommend a writing-master for Kings-
wood school?
A. John Inwood is every way qualified for the place.
Q. 16. What can be done to lessen the burden which lies on
those Societies where the Conference is held ?
A. Let every Preacher pay for his own horse.
Q. 17. What was contributed to the Preachers' Fund?
A. £207. 135. M.
Q. 18. What was allowed out of it ?
£. s. d.
A. To Thomas
Westell - 30
Isaac Waldron - 20
Jacob Howell - 15
Sarah Hosmer - 10
WilHam Whitaker - 12
John Furz - 12
Ehzabeth Standring 12
Mary Penington - 10
Jane Wilkinson - 20
Alice Brammah - 10
Lucia Bourke - 10
Ehzabeth Dillon - 5
Q
A
£. s. d.
Elizabeth Oldham - 5 5 0
Ehzabeth Shorter - 10 0 0
Catherine Garnet - 5 5 0
S. Beanland - 12 0 0
S. Thorn - - 12 0 0
S. Booth - - 12 0 0
S. Eels - - 12 0 0
S. Boothby - 6 0 0
Money advanced )
last year j
15 15 0
£256 10 0
19. What houses are to be built this year?
Nottingham, Beverley, Stockport, Ashton.
Q. 20. If bankrupts ever are able, is it not their duty to pay
their whole debt ?
1782. 151
A. Doubtless it is. If they do not, they ought not to
continue in our Society.
Q. 21. Ought we not to exhort all dying persons to be, then
at least, merciful after their power?
A. We ought, without any regard to the reflections which
will be cast upon us on that account.
Q. 22. Does the rule for giving each wife £15 a year take
place with regard to them that live at home ?
A. It was never intended so to do.
Q. 23. We have neither money nor houses for any more wives :
what can we do ?
A. 1. We must admit no more married Preachers, unless in
defect of single Preachers. 2. The Societies that have not
houses must hire lodgings for the Preacher^s wife.
Q. 24. Can we erect a school for Preachers' children in
Yorkshire ?
A. Probably we may. Let our brethren think of a place and
a master, and send me word.
Q. 25. Have not our Preachers printed anything without my
consent and correction?
A. Several of them have, (not at all to the honour of the
Methodists,) both in verse and prose. This has, 1. Brought a
great reproach. 2. Much hindered the spreading of more
profitable books. Therefore we all agree, 3. That no Preacher
print or reprint anything for the time to come, till it is corrected
by Mr. W. And, 4. That the profits thereof shall go into the
common stock.
Q. 26. What shall be done with the remaining copies of the
Notes on the Old Testament ?
A. Let them be sold weekly at Sd. a number.
Q. 27. How shall we prevent the waste of books?
A. Let every Assistant, before he leaves his Circuit, deliver an
exact catalogue to Mr. Atla3^
Q. 28. What business have we remaining?
A. The main business for which we met : To enforce the Large
Minutes of the Conference.
Q. 29. When and where may we meet again?
A, On the first Tuesday in August, at London.
LONDON, Tuesday, August 6, 1782.
Q. 1. What Preachers ai'e admitted this year?
A. James Wray, John Ingham, Thomas Tattershall, George
Brown, Andrew Blair, John Livermore, William Myles, Henry
Moore, Thomas Barber, Samuel Mitchell, Henry Foster,
Thomas Davis, Robert Bridge.
152
1783.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Alexander Suter, Joseph Cole, John Cricket, Thomas
Ellis, Thomas Cooper, Charles Atmore, Robert Hopkins, Philip
Hardcastle, George Dice, Hugh Moore, James Jordan,
Christopher Peacock, WiUiara West, William M'Cornock, John
Miller, Joseph Algar.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Ptobert Scot, WilHam Hoskins, Edward Eippon, John
Barber, James Christie, Thomas Bartholomew, John Glascock,
Samuel Botts, George Holder, James Bogie, John Ogilvie,
John Kerr, Gustavus Armstrong, Thomas Wride, Robert
Empringham-.
Q. 4. Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING?
A. James Skinner, Francis Wolfe, John Floyd, Robert
Hay ward; these without blame. — Stephen Proctor, John
Walker.
Q. 5. What Preachers have died this year?
A. John Norris, a lover and a witness of Christian
perfection, who died as he lived, full of faith and of the Ploly
Ghost. And
John Morgan, a plain, rough man, who, after various trials,
and a long^ painful illness, joyfully committed his soul, his "wife,
and his eight little children, to his merciful and faithful Creator.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. Let them be examined one by one.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Wesley, Charles Wesley, Thomas Coke,
John Murlin, Thomas Lee, John
Broadbent, John Prickard, John Atlay.
2 Sussea^, James Wood, William Horner.
3 Kent, William Ashman, John Glascock.
4 Colchester, George Gibbon, Robert Hopkins.
5 Norwich, James Hindmarsh, T. Cooper, Joshua
Keighley, Robert Scot.
6 Lynn, Richard Whatcoat, J. Ingham.
7 Bedford, Joseph Harper, Robert Empringham.
8 Northampton, Joseph Pescod, James Walker.
9 Oxfordshire, Richard Rodda, Joseph Cole.
10 Gloucester, George Story, John Brettell, Jonathan Cousins.
11 Sarum, John Mason, William Moore, William
Hoskins, Nathaniel Ward.
12 Bradford, Francis Wrigley, John Poole, Edward
Rippon, Joseph Algar.
13 Bristol, Thomas Rankin, Charles Boon, Thomas
Payne.
14 Taunton, Christopher AVatkins, William Church; Joha
Furz, Supernumerary.
1782.
15J
15 Tiverton, John Moon, Jolin Accut.
16 Cornivall, East, William Green, Thomas Shaw, George
A¥aclsworth, Alexander Suter.
17 West, Joseph Taylor, James Hall, William
Saunders, Simon Day.
John Wittara, Henry Robins.
Thomas Tennant, Samuel Hodgson ;
Richard Seed, Supernumerary.
John Leech, James Perfect.
John Easton, Thomas Hanby, Samuel
Randall.
James Rogers, Christopher Peacock,
William IMyles, William Simpson,
John Allen, Jonathan Hern, Jeremiah
Brettell.
John Fenwick, John Goodwin, John
Oliver.
Parson Greenwood, Robert Costerdine^
George Button.
26 Leicesterslilre, Joseph Bradford, Thomas Warwick,
Jeremiah Robertshaw.
George Suowden, Joseph Pilmoor.
John Hampson, jun., Thomas Longley.
Thomas Taylor, W^illiam Percival, John
BootR.
Thomas Carlill, James Wray, Samuel
Botts, Thomas Wride.
Thomas Corbet, James Barry, Thomas
Bartholomew.
George Shadford, Barnabas Thomas, John
Beanland.
Alexander Mather, P^obert Roberts, John
Shaw.
John Valton, Christopher Hopper, Thomas
Brisco.
John Hampson, sen., Philip Hardcastle.
Samuel Bradburn, T. Mitchell, Joseph
Benson.
Isaac Brov/n, William Hunter,
Thomas Hanson, Thomas Johnson, David
Evans,
William Boothby, James Watson,
Jasper Robinson, Jonathan Brown, Thomas
Tattershall,
John Pawson, William Tliompson, Thomas
Readshaw.
Joseph Thompson, Nicholas Manners,
Edward Jackson.
18 Glamorgan,
19 Pembroke,
20 Brecon,
21 Birmingham,
22 Macclesfield,
23 Manchester,
24 Chester,
25 Liverpool,
27 NottvAgham,
28 Derby,
29 Sheffield,
30 Grimsby,
31 Gainsborough,
32 Epworth,
33 Leeds,
34 Birstal,
35 Huddersfield,
36 Bradford,
37 Keighley,
38 Colne,
39 Wliitehaven,
40 Isle of Man,
41 York,
42 Hull,
43 Scarborough,
44 ThirsJc,
45 Yarm,
46 The Dales,
4:7 Sunderland,
48 Newcastle,
49 Edinburgh,
50 Dundee,
51 Aberdeen,
52 Z>mZ>/?:»,
53 JVaterford,
54 Cor^',
55 Limerick,
56 Castlebar,
57 Athlone,
58 ^%o,
59 Ballyco7inell,
60 Clones,
61 Enniskillen,
62 Charlemont,
63 Lisleen,
64 Londonderry ,
65 Belfast,
66 Lisburn,
101. 1782.
Lancelot Harrison,
William Dufton,
Charles Atmore.
Benjamin Rhodes^ Michael Moorhouso,
William Thorn.
William Collins, William Eels, George
Holder.
John Peacock, Robert Swan, Thomas
Vasey.
Duncan Wright, Thomas Dixon.
Duncan INPAllum, Alexander M'Nab,
Thomas Ellis, John Pritchard.
Joseph Saundersou, Samuel Bardsley,
James Bogie.
Peter Mill, John Ogilvie.
Andrew Inglis, Hugh J>Ioore, AVilliam
Warren er.
Thomas Rutherford, Andrew Blair.
Nehemiah Price, Thomas Davis.
Zachariah Yewdall, Richard Boardman.
Richard Watkinson, Robert Blake.
John Pi'ice, George Mowat,
Daniel Jackson, Gustavus Armstrong.
George Brown, Robert Armstrong.
Samuel Mitchell, Robert Davis, James
Christie.
John Watson, sen., George Dice, John
Mayly.
Robert Naylor, William West.
Thomas Barber, John Livermore, John
Kerr.
Robert Lindsay, John Miller, William
M'Cornock.
Henry JNIoorc, John Cricket.
Henry Foster, Robert Bridge.
John Crook, James Jordan.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. Sixty-four.
Q. 9. What part of these are provided for by the Societies
with whom their husbands labour?
A. The following : —
London, S. Lee, Hindmarsh.
Gloucestershire, S. Story.
Bradford, S. Poole.
Bristol, S. Boon, Payne,
Moore.
Devon, S. Church.
Cornwall, East, S. Green,
Wadsworth.
Cornwall, West, S. Rodda,
Harper.
Birmingham, S. Easton.
Macclesfield, S. Rogers, Wood.
Manchester, S. Hern, Goodwin.
Chester, S. Crook.
Liverpool, S. Greenwood,
Costerdinc.
1782.
155
Leicester, S. Bradford.
Nottingham, S. Snowden.
Sheffield, S. Taylor, Booth.
Grimsb}', S. Kobertshaw,
Boothby.
Gainsborough, S. Barry.
Epworth, S. Corbet, S.
Wride, £6.
Leeds, S. Mather, Shaw,
Roberts.
Huddersfield, S. Hampson.
Birstal, S. Brisco, Hopper.
Bradford, S. Bradburn,
Mitcliell.
Keighle}^, S. Brown.
Colne, S. Evans.
York, S, W. Thompson, Thorn.
Hull, S. Joseph Thompson.
Scarborough, S. Harrison.
Thirsk, S. Moorhouse.
Yarm, S. Collins.
The Dales, S. Peacock.
Sunderland, S. Wright, Swan.
Newcastle, S. Ellis.
eleven provided for ;
Q. 10. How are the other
Beanland, Day, Hunter, Empringham, Longley, H
Mill, Mov.at, Watson, Naylor, Eels ?
A. Out of the Preachers^ Fund.
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Societies?
viz., S.
Moore,
A. *London
- 2,515
*Epworth
*Sussex
- 214
Leeds -
Kent -
- 209
*Birstal
*Colchester
- 190
Huddersfield
^Norwich
- 590
Bradford
Lynu -
- 156
Keighley
^Bedfordshire -
- 300
*Colne
Northam ptonshire
- 246
=5-^ Whitehaven
Oxfordshire
- 440
*Isle of Man
Gloucestershire
- 505
*York -
*Sarum
- 373
Hull -
^Bradford
- 891
Scarborough
^Bristol
- 1,457
*Thirsk
Taunton
- 200
Yarm -
Tiverton
- 400
The Dales
*Cornwall, East
- 756
Sunderland )
*West
- 1,813
^Newcastle |
Glamorganshire
- 163
Edinburgh
Pembrokeshire
- 177
Dundee
*Brecon
- 118
*Aberdeen
*Birmingham -
- 925
*Dublin
Macclesfield
- 1,325
Waterford
*Manchester -
- 1,500
*Cork -
^Chester
- 532
Limerick
*Liverpool
- 952
Castlebar
*Leicestershire
- 697
*Athlone
IS ottingham )
- 710
*Shgo
Derby - j
*Ballyconnell
* Sheffield
- 1,060
*Clones
* Grimsby
- 882
Enniskillen
^Gainsborough
- 648
*Charlemont
740
2,383
1,448
749
1,800
1,160
986
310
1,683
810
680
642
698
889
810
2,020
187
62
210
550
208
383
197
205
273
1,098
728
556
702
156
1782.
*Lisleen - - G54 Lisburn - - 424
*Loudonderry - - 180
Belfast ' - - 354 In all 45,723
N.B. The Circuits marked thus * are increased this year.
Q. 12. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £457. 4-5. 6f/.
Q. 13. AVhat boys are received this year?
A. Joshua Colhns, John IMitchell, James Morgan.
Q. 14. Are the children at Amcsbury used well?
A. Far from it. Therefore remove them at Michaelmas.
Q. 15. What can we allow the female children?
A. Allow Elizabeth Roberts, Hannah Peacock, Jane
Tiiompson, Elizabeth Brown, Elizabeth Eastou, and Ann
Snowden £6 each.
Q. 16. What was contributed to the Preachers' Fund?
A. £252. 35.
Q. 17. What was allowed out of it?
£. s. d.
A. To Thomas
Westell - 30 0 0
Ann Morgan - 30 0 0
Jacob Rowell - £0 0 0
William Whitaker - 20 0 0
Jane Wilkinson - 20 0 0
Lucia Bourke - 15 0 0
John Furz - - 12 0 0
John Bredin - 12 0 0
Thomas HaUiday - 12 0 0
Elizabeth Standring 12 0 0
S. Beanland and
Eels - - 24 0 0
S. Day , - - 12 0 0
S. Hunter and Em-
pri
'ham
- 24 0 0
S. Longley and Mill
S. Henry Moore
and Watson
S. Nay lor and
Mowat -
Mary Penington
Alice Brammah
Elizabeth Shorter -
Catherine Garnet -
Elizabeth Oldham -
Elizabeth Dillon -
Tabitha Norris
Sarah Hosmer
£.
24
d.
0
24 0 0
24
10
10
10
5
5
5
5
10
In all
£376 0 0
Q. 18. What was contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A.
Q. 19.
£681. Us. 2H
.9.
d.
06 17 8i
How was this expended ?
£. s. d,
A. Arrears of) n^r> ^q q Preachers' Ne-
last year j '^ cessities
This year's Con- I iqO 0 0
tingencies j
Law - - 12 0 0
Q. 20. What houses are to be built this year?
A. Nottingham, Hinckley, Painsher, Carlisle.
Q, 21. Several of our preaching-houses are awkwardly settled.
How shall this be prevented for the time to come ?
£661 14 2.
1782. 157
A. 1. Let none collect for any house, but the Itinerant Preachers.
2. Let none collect for any house/ unless the undertakers or
managers of the building first give a written promise to the
Assistant,
To conform to tlie 3d, 4th, 5tli, 6th, and 8th articles of answer
[to Question] 65, (pp. 4i, 45,*) in the Large Minutes of the
Conference :
To settle the house, without meddling with lawyers, in the
form set down pp. 42, 43,* of the JNlinutes. And
To engage that the men and women shall sit apart, both
above and below.
Q. 22. What can be done with regard to the preaching-house
at Birstal?
A. If the Trustees still refuse to settle it on the Methodist plan,
1. Let a plain state of the case be drawn up :
2. Let a collection be made throughout all England, in order
to purchase ground, and to build another preaching-house as
near the present as may be.
Q. 23. Several members of our Societies, who make a
conscience of Sabbath-breaking, have been much distressed;
barbers in particular. What can be done to relieve them ?
A. 1. Let no members of our Society have their hair dressed
on Sunday.
2. Let all our members, that possibly can, employ those
barbers.
Q. 24. Is it well for our Preachers to powder their hair, or to
wear artificial curls?
A. To abstain from both is the more excellent way.
Q. 25. Ought any person to be continued as a member of our
Society in Ireland who learns, or performs, the military
exercise as a volunteer on the Lord's day ?
A. No ; certainly. Let him be excluded.
N.B. Meeting on the parade, in order to attend Divine
service, is not to be considered as an infringement of this rule.
Nor shall the above minute refer to anything which it may be
necessary for them to do, in case of an actual invasion.
Q. 26. Ought any person to be excluded our Society who,
after proper admonition, will, on the Lord's day, continue a
spectator of the exercise of the volunteers ?
A. Certainly he ought.
Q. 27. When and where may we meet again?
A. On the last Tuesday in July, at Bristol.
ADDENDA.
Q. 30. Has that rule which occurs in the large Minutes
been observed : " At every other meeting of the Society
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158 1782.
let no stranger be admitted ; and let them show their tickets
before they come in?" Has it been observed in the Birstal
Circuit ?
A. Hardly at all : let the Preacher, Stewards, and Leaders
see this observed for the time to come.
Q. 31. Have the weekly and quarterly contribution been duly
made in all our Societies?
A. In many it has been shamefully neglected. To remedy
this,
1. Let every Assistant remind every Society that this was
our original rule : Every member contributes one penny weekly,
(unless he is in extreme poverty,) and one shilling quarterly.
Explain the reasonableness of this.
2. Let every Leader receive the weekly contribution from
each person in his class.
3. Let the Assistant ask every person, at changing his ticket,
Can you afford to observe our rule? and receive what he is
able to give.
Q. 32. The Scripture says, " If any man that is called a
brother be a fornicator, or covetous, with such an one no not to
eat ;" and " put away from among yourselves that wicked
person." This is an express command : and it is of unspeakable
importance. These money-lovers are the pest of every Christian
society. They have been the main cause of destroying every
revival of religion. They will destroy us, if we do not put them
awa3\ But how shall we know them, without the miraculous
discernment of spirits ?
A. 1. By their own confession. Tell any one alone, with all
tenderness, "I am to give an account of your soul to God.
Enable me to do it with joy. I am afraid you are covetous.
Answer me a few questions, in order to remove that fear."
2. By their fruits. For instance : A man not worth a
shilling enters our Society. Yet he freely gives a penny a
week. Five years after, he is worth scores of pounds. He
gives a penny a week still. I must think this man covetous,
unless he assures me he bestows his charity some other way.
For every one is covetous, whose beneficence does not increase
in the same proportion as his substance.
Q. 33. In the Large Minutes it is asked, "What is the
oflice of a Helper?" It is answered, "To preach morning and
evening." Therefore none who does not, can perform this office.
" But he cannot." Perhaps so. Then he cannot undertake
this office.
" I did this for many years. But I cannot do it any longer."
Then you can no longer undertake this office. But you may be
a Supernumerary, as John Furz and Kichard Seed are.
Q. 34. Should we insist on that rule, " Sing no hymns of
your own composing?" [Large Minutes, ed. 1780, Q. 37, A. 9.]
1783. 159
A. Undoubtedly : and let those who will not promise this be
excluded at the next Conference.
Q. 35. It was agreed last year, that all the Preachers should
join as one man to prevent people's talking before and after
sermon. Has this been done?
A. Hardly at all. People talk just as they did before. Nay,
the Preachers themselves seem to have quite forgotten it. One
and another speak to me, even in the pulpit.
Q, 36. But what can be done now ?
A. 1. Let the Preacher desire every person to go silent away.
2. Let no Preacher speak one word in the house. 3. Let each
Preacher do this over and over, till the point is gained.
BRISTOL, Tuesday, July 29, 1783.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Joseph Cole, John Barber, Joseph Algar, Thomas Wride,
John Kerr, William West, James Christie, William M'Cornock,
Adam Clarke.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Alexander Suter, Thomas Cooper, Thomas EUis, Chai'les
Atmore, Christopher Peacock, Robert Hopkins, Robert Scot,
John Cricket, Gustavus Armstrong, George Dice, John Miller.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on teial?
A. John Cowmeadow, Lawrence Kane, Wilham Wilson,
James Thom, Joseph Jerom, Charles Bond, Samuel Edwards,
George Holder, Edward Burbeck, John King, John Crosby.
Q. 4. Who desist from travelling?
A. James Hindmarsh, David Evans, Thomas Readshaw.
Q. 5. What Preachers have died this year?
A. Richard Boardman, a pious, good-natured, sensible man,
greatly beloved of all that knew him. He was one of the two
first that freely offered themselves to the service of our brethren
in America. He died of an apoplectic fit, and preached the
night before his death. It seems he might have been eminently
useful ; but good is the will of the Lord.
Robert Swindells had been with us above foi'ty years. He
was an Israelite indeed. In all those years I never knew him
to speak a word which he did not mean ; and he always spoke
the truth in love : I believe, no one ever heard him speak an
unkind word. He went through exquisite pain (by the stone)
for many years ; but he was not weary. He was still
" Patient in bearing ill, and doing well."
One thing he had almost peculiar to himself: he had no
enemy ! So remarkably was that word fulfilled, " Blessed are
the merciful ; for they shall obtain mercy."
James Barry was for many years a faithful labourer in our
IGO 1783.
Lord's vineyard. And as he laboured much, so he suffered
much ; but with unwearied patience. In his death he suffered
notliini;, steahng quietly away in a kind of lethargy.
^i'lioMAS Payne was a bold soldier of Jesus Christ. His
temper was uncommonly vehement; but before he went hence,
all that vehemence was gone, and the lion was become a lamb,
lie went away in the full triumph of faith, praising God with
his latest breath.
Robert Naylor, a zealous, active young man, was caught
away by a fever in the strength of his years. But it was in a
good hour; for he returned to Him whom his soul loved, in the
full assurance of faith.
A fall from his horse, which was at first thought of little
consequence, occasioned the death of John Livermore; a
plain, honest man, much devoted to God, and determined to live
and die in the best of services.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers ?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year ?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Wesley, Charles Wesley, Thomas Coke,
Thomas Lee, Thomas Tennant, John Atlay,
J. Prickard; Thomas Rankin, Super-
numerary.
2 Sussex, Joshua Keighley, William Horner; Henry
Robins, Supernumerary.
3 Kent, James Wood, John Accut, William Wilson.
4< Colchester, John Booth, Thomas Cooper.
5 Norivich, Richard Whatcoat, Joseph Thompson, William
Adamson, Adam Clarke.
6 Lynn, Jeremiah Brettell, John Ingham, Jonathan
Parkin.
7 BedforcT, Joseph Pescod, Michael Moorhouse.
8 Northampton, Christopher Watkins, John Barber.
9 Oxfordshire, J. Broadbent, Simon Day, J. Cole.
10 Gloucestershire, Jonathan Cousins, John Brettell, Robert
Empringhara.
11 Sarum, John ^lason, George Story, Joseph Jerom.
12 Bradford, John Pritchard, Francis Wrigley, John Poole,
George Wadsworth.
13 Bristol, George Shadford, John Hampson,WiUiaraGreen.
14 Devon, William Ashman, Nathaniel Ward, Charles
Bond; John Furz, Supernumerary.
15 Plymouth, John Moon, James Hall.
16 Cormvall, East, James Thorn, Joseph iVlgar, John Cow-
meadow.
17 IFest, Joseph Taylor, William Moore, John
Wittara, William Holmes.
1783.
161
18 Glamorgan, John Watson, jun., William Hoskins.
19 Pembroke, James Perfect, William Church, Samuel
Hodgson.
20 Brecon, John Leech, William Saunders.
21 Birmingham, Richard Rodda, Charles Boon.
22 Burslem, John Fenwick, Thomas Hanby.
23 Macclesfield, James Rogers, Samuel Bardsley.
24 Manchester, John Murlin, Jon. Hern, William Percival.
25 Chester, Duncan Wright, John Goodwin, George Gibbon.
26 Liverpool, P. Greenwood, William Eels, Zachariah Yew-
dall, Thomas Vasey.
Joseph Bradford, Samuel Randall,
Robertshaw.
28 Nottingham, William Myles, John Hampson, jun
Snowden, Supernumerary.
Thomas Lougley, Samuel Edwards.
Thomas Taylor, Thomas Johnson, William
Simpson.
Thomas Carlill, Robert Scot, Samuel Botts,
Joseph Harper.
32 Gainsborough, Thomas Corbet, Thomas Wride, James Wray.
33 Epworth, John Beanland, Peter Mill, Philip Hardcastle.
34 Leeds, WilHam Thompson, Robert Roberts, Samuel
Bradburn.
35 Birstal, John Valtou, John Allen, Isaac Brown.
36 Huddersfield, Thomas Hanson, John Shaw.
37 Bradford,
27 Leicester,
29 Derby,
30 Sheffield,
31 Grimsby,
Jeremiah
George
Alexander Mather, Joseph Benson, William
Dufton.
Benjamin Rhodes, Thomas Mitchell.
John Easton, Robert Costerdine, Thomas
Warwick.
Thomas Ellis, Hugh Moore.
Jasper Robinson, George Button, Edward
Burbeck.
John Pa wson, Thomas Simpson, Charles Atmore.
43 Scarborough, Lancelot Harrison, Robert Hayward, Thomas
Shaw.
Edward Jackson, Barnabas Thomas, Robert
Johnson.
45 Thirsk, Robert Swan, John Crosby, James Watson.
46 Yarm, Thomas Brisco, Christopher Peacock.
47 Whitby, William Thom, Robert Hopkins.
48 The Dales, John Peacock, Matthew Lumb, John King.
49 Sunderland, William Collins, George Holder.
50 Newcastle, Thomas Dixon, Christopher Hopper, WilUam
Boothby.
51 Berwick, William Hunter, James Bogie.
52 Edinburgh, Joseph Pilmoor, Andrew Inglis.
Vol. I. M
38 Keighley,
39 Colne,
40 Whitehaven,
41 Isle of Man,
42 York,
44 Hull,
163
1783.
53 Dundee, Joseph Saundcrson, William Warrener.
54 Aberdeen, Duncan ]M'Allura, Alexander Suter, Thomas
Bartholomew, J. Ogilvie.
55 Dublin, Thomas Rutherford, Daniel Jackson.
56 Waterjord, Thomas Davis, John Price.
57 Cork, Henry Moore, Andrew Blair, Lawrence Kane.
58 Limerick, Bichard Watkinson, William West.
59 Castlebar, George Dice, John Mayly.
60 Athlone, Nehemiah Price, Bobert Blake; Thomas
Halliday, Supernumerary.
61 Sliffo, Bobert Lindsay, Gustavus Armstrong.
62 Ballyconnell, Bobert Armstrong, John Kerr.
63 Clones,
John Cricket, William
64 Enniskillen,
65 Charlemont,
66 Lisleen,
Christie, James
Hetherington,
George Brown,
M'Cornock.
James Jordan, John Miller.
Thomas Barber, James
Ben nick.
Samuel Mitchell, Thomas
Joseph Armstrong.
67 Londonderry, John Watson, T. Tattershall.
68 Belfast, Henry Foster, George Mowat, Bobert Bridge.
69 Lisburn, John Crook, Jonathan Brown.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for?
A. Sixty-six.
Q. 9. How many of these are to be provided for by the
Societies ?
A. Fifty-two; namely, —
London, S. Lee, Wood.
Gloucestershire, S. Cousins.
Bradford, S. Poole.
Bristol, S. Green, Hampson,
Day.
Devonshire, S. Church.
Plymouth, S. Moon.
Cornwall, West, S.Ellis, Moore.
Birmingham, S. Bodda.
Macclesfield, S. Bogers.
Burslem, S. Boon.
Manchester, S, Hern, Wright.
Chester, S. Goodwin.
Liverpool, S. Greenwood, Eels.
Leicester, S. Bradford.
Nottingham, S. Myles.
Sheffield, S. Taylor, W. Simp-
son.
Grimsby, S, Harper, Mills.
Gainsborough, S. Corbet,
Longley.
Epworth, S, Beanland, Wride
£6.
Leeds, S. Bradburn, Boberts,
Inglis.
Huddersfield, S. Shaw.
Birstal, S. Bobertshaw, Brown.
Bradford, S. Mather, Story.
Keighley, S. Mitchell.
Colne, S. Easton.
York, S. T. Simpson.
Hull, S. Costerdine.
Scarborough, S. Thom.
Thirsk, S. Swan.
Yarm, S, Brisco.
Dales, S, Peacock.
Newcastle, S. Boothby.
Sunderland, S. CoUins, War-
wick.
Ireland, S. Butherford, H.
Moore, Price, Watkinson.
1783.
163
Q. 10. How are the other fourteen to be provided for ? — viz.,
S. Booth, G. Brown, Crook, Empringham, Hunter, Joyce, Kane,
Moorhouse, Mowat, Pritchard £6, Snowden, Jos. Thompson,
James Watson, John Watson.
A. Out of the Preachers' Fund.
Q. 1 1 . What numbers are in the Societies ?
A. ^London
- 2617
*Huddersfield
781
^Sussex
216
Bradford
- 1709
Kent
198
Keighley
- 1045
Colchester
170
*Colue
- 1003
Norwich
547
Whitehaven -
275
Lvnn
127
*Isle of Man -
- 1758
^Bedford
330
*york
817
Northampton
229
*Hull
696
^Oxfordshire -
480
Scarborough -
615
Gloucester
460
Thirsk
633
*Sarum
386
Yarm
875
^Bradford -
893
Dales
802
^Bristol
- 1481
Sunderland -
- 1000
*Taunton
206
Newcastle
- 1020
Tiverton
347
Edinburgh
173
Plymouth
266
^Dundee
103
Cornwall, East,
496
^Aberdeen -
247
*West,
- 2047
DubHn
495
^Glamorgan -
173
Waterford
208
^Pembroke -
181
Cork
370
*Brecon
133
*Limerick
218
Birmingham -
753
Castlebar
195
*Maccles field
- 1380
*Athlone
282
^Manchester
- 1600
Sligo
303
Chester
497
Ballyconnell -
670
^Liverpool
965
Clones
673
^Leicestershire
713
Euniskillen -
476
^Nottingham
573
Charlemont -
669
*Derby
345
Lisleen
590
*Slieffield -
- 1166
Londonderry -
164
*Grimsby
923
Belfast
831
^Gainsborough
658
Lisburn
409
Ep worth
706
Leeds
- 2356
In all
45,995
*Birstal
- 1773
N. B. The Circuits marked thus * are increased this
year.
Q. 12. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £464. 6s. Ud.
Q. 13. What boys are received this year?
A. Isaac Barry, Michael Harrison, Samuel Roberts, Isaac
Brown, David Poole.
M 2
164 1783.
Q. 14, What can we allow the daughters of the Preachers ?
A. Mary Ann Collins, Elizabeth Roberts, Jane Thompson,
Ann Snowden, Sarah Barry, £Q each.
Q. 15. Can any improvement be made in the management
of Kingswood School ?
A. My design in building the house at Kingswood was to
have therein a Christian family; every member whereof (children
excepted) should be alive to God, and a pattern of all holiness.
Here it was that I proposed to educate a few children,
according to the accuracy of the Christian model. And almost
as soon as we began, God gave us a token for good, four of the
children receiving a clear sense of pardon.
But at present the school does not in any wise answer the
design of its institution, either with regard to religion or learning.
The children are not religious : they have not the power,
and hardly the form, of religion. Neither do they improve in
learning better than at other schools ; no, nor yet so well.
Insomuch that some of our friends have been obliged to
remove their children to other schools.
And no wonder that they improve so little either in religion
or learning; for the rules of the school are not observed at all.
All in the house ought to rise, take their three meals, and go
to bed, at a fixed hour. But they do not.
The children ought never to be alone, but always in the
presence of a master. This is totally neglected; in consequence
of which they run up and down the wood, and mix, yea, fight,
with the colliers^ children.
They ought never to play : but they do, every day ; yea, in
the school.
Three maids are sufficient : now there are four ; and but one
(at most) truly pious.
How may these evils be remedied, and the school reduced to
its original plan ? It must be mended or ended : for no school
is better than the present school.
Can any be a master, that does not rise at five, observe all
the rules, and see that others observe them ?
There should be three masters, and an usher, chiefly to be
with the children out of school.
The head-master should have nothing to do with temporal
things.
Q. 16. But how can Mr. Simpson be provided for?
A. He desires to be an Itinerant Preacher.
Q. 17. What is contributed to the Preachers' Fund ?
A. £244. \Qs.
Q. 18. What is allowed out of it?
£. s. d.
A. To Thomas ) on a n
Westell h<30 0 0
£. s. d.
Jacob Rowell - 20 0 0
William Whitaker - 20 0 0
1784.
165
£.
s.
d.
Ann Morgan
. 30
0
0
Jane Wilkinson
- 20
0
0
Lucia Boiirke
- 10
0
0
Elizabeth Standrin'g 12
0
0
Mary Penington
- 10
0
0
Alice Brammah
- 12
0
0
Elizabeth Shorter
- 10
0
0
Cath. Garnet
- 5
5
0
£.
s.
d.
Elizabeth Dillon
- 7
17
6
Tabitha Norris
- 5
5
0
Margaret Payne
- 12
0
0
Sarah Barry
- 24
0
0
Sarah Naylor
- 12
0
0
Fourteen Wives
162
0
0
£.
s.
d.
Law
_
21
I
0
Preachers' Neces-
sities
}_
511
12
3
In all
£716 14 3
£402 7 6
Q. 19. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses ?
A. £716. Us. M.
Q. 20. How was this expended ?
£. s. d.
A. Arrears of last 'I
year^and Con- >-84 1 0
tingencies J
This yearns Con- K
tingencies J
Q. 21. What houses are to be built this year?
A. None that are not already begun.
Q. 22. Has not the needless multiplying of preaching-houses
been a great evil ?
A. So it appears.
Q. 23, How may this be prevented ?
A. By permitting none for the future to beg for any house,
except in the Circuit wherein it stands.
Q. 24. What can be done to get all our preaching-houses
settled on the Conference plan ?
A. Let Dr. Coke visit the Societies throughout England, as
far as is necessary for the accomplishment of this design ; and
let the respective Assistants give him all the support in their
power.
Q. 25. When and where may our next Conference be ?
A. In Leeds, the last Tuesday in next July.
LEEDS, Tuesday, July 27, ^c, 1784.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Thomas Ellis, Charles Atmore, Christopher Peacock,
Robert Scot, Robert Hopkins^ Samuel Botts, George Holder,
Samuel Edwards, Robert Johnson, Philip Hardcastle, James
Bogie, John King, John Crosby, Matthew Lumb, Charles
Bond, Lawrence Kane, James Jordan, Matthias Joyce, John
Cricket, Thomas Hetherington, Gustavus Armstrong, Joseph
Armstrong, James Rennick, George Dice, John Miller.
166 1784.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. John Cowmeadow, Joseph Jerom, Edward Burbeck, Alex.
Suter, Thomas Bartholomew, John Ogilvie, William Adamson.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. William Palmer, Charles Kyte, Benjamin Pearce, William
Entwisle, Melville Home, Vince Seller, John M'Kersey, and
John Cornish.
Q. 4. Who desist from travelling?
A. Robert Blake, Robert Lindsay, Henry Robins. — Joseph
Saunderson, Thomas Simpson.
Q. 5. AVho have died this year?
A. John Prickard, a man throughly devoted to God, and an
eminent pattern of holiness : — And Jacob Rowell, a faithful old
soldier, fairly worn out in his Master's service.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year ?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Wesley, Charles AVesley, James
Creighton, Richard Dillon, Henry Moore,
Thomas Tenuant; Thomas Rankin and
John Atlay, Supernumeraries.
3 Sussea?, Henry Foster, William Adamson.
3 Keiit, James Wood, William Horner, Zach. Yewdall.
4 Colchester, William Boothby, Thomas Cooper.
5 Norwich, Jonathan Cousins, George Button, William
Palmer, Joseph Jerom.
6 Lynn, John Barber, John INI^Kersey.
7 Bedford, Joseph Pescod, John Ingham.
8 Northampton, Joseph Harper, William Entvvisle.
9 Oxford, Samuel Hodgson, Simon Day.
10 Gloucester, Joseph Taylor, John Poole, Barnabas Thomas.
11 Sarum, John Moon, George Story, George
Wadsworth.
13 Bradford, Christopher Watkins, John Pritchard,
Michael Moorhouse, John Wittam.
13 Bristol, Samuel Bradburn, Thomas Lee, James Hall.
14 Devon, John Mason, William Ashman, Robert
Erapringham, Charles Kyte.
15 Plymouth, Phihp Hardcastle, William Moore.
16 Cornwall, East, Francis Wrigley, WilHam Church, Adam
Clarke.
17 West, William Green, John Accut, Joseph Algar,
J. Cowmeadow, J. Cornish.
18 Pembroke, Joshua Keighley, William Holmes, Benjamin
Pearce.
19 Glamorgan, William Saunders, James Perfect.
30 Brecon, Joseph Cole, Wilham Hoskins.
1784.
21 Birruingham,
22 Burslein,
23 Macclesfield,
24 Manchester,
25 Chester,
26 Liverpool,
27 5o//on,
28 Leicester,
29 Nottingham,
30 2)er(5?/,
31 Sheffield,
32 (h^imshy.
33 Epivorth,
34 Gainsborough,
35 Leeds,
36 Birstal,
37 Hudders field,
38 Bradford,
39 Keighley,
40 Co/we,
41 Whitehaven,
42 Zs/e o/ J/a«,
43 YbrA:,
44 iJM//,
45 Scarborough,
46 ^FAz/^y,
47 77iir5^,
48 Farm,
49 The Dales,
50 Sunderland,
51 Newcastle,
52 Berwick,
167
Richard Rodda, Thomas Warwick.
11. Costerdine, Thomas Hanby.
Joseph Bradford, William Percival.
John Pawson, John Murhn, John Goodwin,
Duncan Wright, Thomas Corbet, Edward
Jackson.
Jonathan Hern, John Fenwick, Melville
Home.
Christopher Hopper, William Eels.
William Myles, John Parkin, Samuel
Edwards.
Charles Boon, Samuel Bardsley.
John Brettell, Nathaniel Ward,
Joseph Benson, Benjamin Rhodes, George
Gibbon.
Wilham Dufton, James Watson, Robert
Scot, John Watson, jun. ; James Christie,
Supernumerary.
Thomas Longley, Thomas Wride, Lancelot
Harrison.
Thomas Carlill, Peter Mill, Samuel Botts,
William Thompson, Thomas Brisco, Thomas
Rutherford.
John Broadbent, John Allen, Robert
Roberts; T. Johnson, Supernumerary.
Thomas Hanson, Isaac Brown.
John Valton, Thomas Tayloi% John Shaw.
Parson Greenwood, John Booth.
John Easton, Thomas Dixon^ Charles
Atmore.
Jasper Robinson, Joseph Thompson.
James Thorn, James Bogie, Edward
Burbeck.
Alexander Mather, Joseph Pilmoor, Robert
Hopkins.
Jeremiah Robertshaw, William Thorn,
George Holder.
William Simpson, Charles Bond, John
King.
John Peacock, James Wray.
Robert Swan,Robert Hay ward, Thomas Shaw.
G. Shadford, J. Hampson, sen.
Thomas Ellis, John Ogilvie, James
M'Cadden.
William Collins, J. Hampson, jun.
Jeremiah Brettell, George Snowden, John
Beanland.
William Hunter, William Warrener.
168
1784.
Richard Watkinson, Andrew Inglis.
Alexander Suter, Thomas Bartholomew.
Duncan M'Allum, John Crosby.
Robert Johnson, Matthew Lumb.
James Rogers, Andrew Blair.
Thomas Tattershall, James Wilson.
Christopher Peacock, ^
Thomas Davis. [ Let these change
Daniel Jackson, Law- f every quarter.
rence Kane. /
John Leech, John Watson, sen.
James Jordan, John Kerr; Thomas
Halliday, Supernumerary.
Matthias Joyce, John Cricket.
Robert Bridge, John Clark.
Robert Armstrong, WilUam West, James
McDonald.
Nehemiah Price, George Mowat, T.
Hetherington; S. Mitchell, Super-
numerary.
Thomas Barber, Gustavus Armstrong.
John Crook, John Mayly, Walter GriiBfitb.
Joseph Armstrong, James Rennick.
Jonathan Brown, George Dice, William
M'Cornock.
John Price, John Miller.
George Brown, William Hammet.
Robert Carr Brackenbury.
Thomas Coke, Richard Whatcoat, Thomas
Vasey.
8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
Seventy.
ruany of these are to be provided for by the
53 Edinburgh,
54 Dundee,
55 Aberdeen,
56 Inverness,
57 Dublin,
58 Wat erf or d,
59 Cork,
60 Bandon,
61 Limerick,
62 Castlebar,
63 Athlone,
64 Sligo,
65 Ballyconnell,
66 Clones,
67 Enniskillen,
68 Cfiarlemont,
69 Lisleen,
70 Londonderry,
71 Belfast,
72 Lisburn,
Isle of Jersey,
America,
Q
A
Q. 9. How
Societies ?
A. Fifty- three; namely, —
London, S. Moore, Wood.
Gloucestershire, S. Poole.
Bradford, S. Moorhouse.
Bristol, S. Bradburn,Moon,Lee.
Devon, S. Church.
Plymouth, S. W. Moore.
Cornwall, West, S. Green,
Cousins.
Birmingham, S, Rodda.
Burslem, S. Costerdine.
Macclesfield, S. Bradford.
Manchester, S. Goodwin, Day,
Warwick.
Chester, S. Wright.
Liverpool, S. Hern.
Bolton, S. Hopper.
Leicester, S. Myles.
Nottingham, S. Boon, Horner.
Sheffield, S. Gibbon, Harper.
Grimsby, S. Peacock, (James)
Watson.
Gainsborough, S. Corbet, Mill.
Epworth, S. Longley, M'Al-
lum, £6.
Leeds, S. Brisco, Rutherford,
Inglis.
1784.
169
Thirsk, S. Swan.
Yarm, S. Hampson.
The Dales, S. Ellis.
Sunderland, S. Collins, Hunter.
Newcastle, S. Snowden.
Ireland, S. Price, Blair, Wat-
son, sen., Crook.
Huddersfield, S. (Is.) Brown.
Birstal, S. Roberts, Robert-
shaw.
Bradford, S. Taylor, Shaw.
Keighley, S. Booth.
Colue, S. Easton.
York, S. Mather.
Hull, S. Thorn.
Q. 10. How are the other seventeen — viz., S. (Jos.)
Thompson, Pescod, Empringham, Story, Simpson, Wride,
Beanland, Boothby, Kane, Watkinson, West, (Geo.) Brown,
Rennick, £6, Mowat, Bridge, Greenwood, and Joyce — to be
provided for ?
A. Out of the Preachers' Fund?
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Society?'
A. As follows : —
*London
- 2,680
*Epworth
- 744
*Sussex
- 255
*Leeds
- 2,480
*Kent
- 235
*Birstal
- 2,024
*Colchester
- 253
* Huddersfield -
- 825
Norwich
- 482
^Bradford
- 1,850
*Lynn
- 140
*Keighley
- 1,050
Bedford
- 263
*Colne
- 1,044
^Northampton
- 267
Whitehaven
- 269
*Oxfordshire -
- 495
*Isle of Man -
- 2,121
* Gloucestershire
- 580
*York
- 851
Sarum
- 385
Scarborough -
- 595
^Bradford
- 916
*Hull
- 808
^Bristol
- 1,549
*Thirsk
- 641
*Devon
- 681
*Yarm
- 505
Plymouth
- 222
*Whitby
- 443
^Cornwall, East
- 650
*The Dales -
- 808
*West
- 2,393
* Sunderland -
- 1,100
Glamorgan
- 151
Newcastle
- 970
Pembroke
- 176
Berwick
52
Brecon
- 127
^Edinburgh -
- 126
^Birmingham -
- 770
^Dundee
- 104
*Burslem
- 694
^Aberdeen
- 251
^Macclesfield -
- 800
*Dublin
- 583
*Manchester -
- 1,757
*Waterford
- 209
*Chester
- 630
*Cork
- 633
*Liverpool
- 1,020
*Limerick
- 270
^Leicester
- 795
*Castlebar
- 259
Nottingham
- 562
Athlone
- 273
*Derby
- 369
*Sligo
- 308
*Sheffield
- 1,200
*Ballyconnell -
- 673
* Grimsby
- 971
Clones
- 627
Gainsborough -
- 613
*Enniskillen -
- 563
*Charlemoiit
Lisleen
^Londonderry
Belfast
N.B
684
452
171
287
170 1784.
*Lisburn - - 441
^America - - 14,988
64,157
The Circuits marked thus * are increased this year.
Q. 12. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
A. £507. 125.
Q. 13. What boys are admitted this year?
A. John Goodwin, Jonathan Hern, John Leech.
Q. 14. What can -we allow the daughters of the Preachers?
A. Eliz. Rodda, Eliz. Corbet, Jane Thompson, Eliz. Roberts
(for her 2d year), Ann Snowden (for her 2d year), Mary Ann
Collins (for her 2d year), £6 each.
Q. 15. What is contributed to the Preachers' Fund?
A. £370. 7s. .
Q. 16. What is allowed out of it?
A. To Thomas \
Westell j
S. Rowell -
William Whitaker-
Ann Morgan
Jane Wilkinson
Lucia Bourke
Eliz. Standring
Mary Peuington ■
Alice Brammah
Eliz. Shorter
Cath. Garnet
EHzabeth Dillon ■
Tabitha Norris
Margaret Payne ■
Sarah Barry
Q. 17. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £803. 05. 2d.
Q. 18. How was this expended?
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
30
0
0
Sarah Nay lor
- 12
0
0
Ehz. Oldham
- 12
0
0
10
0
0
S. Meggitt
- 5
0
0
20
0
0
S. Hosmer
- 10
0
0
24
0
0
Thomas Mitchell
- 30
0
0
20
0
0
Thomas Johnson
- 12
0
0
10
0
0
John Furz -
- 12
0
0
12
0
0
James Christie
- 12
0
0
10
0
0
Henry Robins
- 12
0
0
12
0
0
Thomas Halliday
- 12
0
0
10
0
0
Samuel Mitchell
- 12
0
0
10
0
0
John Bredin
- 12
0
0
5
0
0
Seventeen Wives
-198
0
0
5
12
0
0
0
0
£565
0
0
24
0
0
£.
d.
Law
Preachers' Neces-
sities
£.
- 10
1 410
d,
0
15 8
A. Arrears of^
last year, and 1281 19 6
Contingencies J
This year's Con- X-if^n n p,
tingencies j i^^ ^ ^ ^803 0 2
Q. 19. Is not the time of trial for Preachers too short ?
A. It is : for the time to come, let them be on trial four years.
Q. 20, Some who once preached with us deny Original Sin.
What is to be done in this case ?
A. No Preacher who denies Original Sin can preach among
us : and we advise our brethren not to hear him.
1785. 171
Q. 21. Many of our brethren have been exceedingly hurt by
frequenting feasts or wakes on Sundays. What do you advise
in this case?
A. Let none of our brethren make any wake or feast, neither
go to any on Sunday, but bear a public testimony against them.
Q. 22, Is the making candles for our own use, without paying
duty for them, contrary to law ?
A. Certainly it is. It is a species of smuggling, not to be
practised by any honest man.
N. B. No Preacher is to leave his Circuit, till the Monday
sevenuight before the Conference ; except the Cornish Preachers
when the Conference is at Leeds, and the Scotch Preachers
when the Conference is at Bristol.
Let the four Quarterly Fasts be duly observed, in August,
November, February, and May.
Q. 23. When and where is the next Conference to begin?
A. At London, on the last Tuesday in July, 1785.
LONDON, Tuesday, July 26, 1785.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. William Adamson. — Ireland: Walter Griffith, John
Clark, Hugh Moore. — America: Jesse Lee, James Hinton,
Thomas Anderson, Thomas Humphries, Richard Swift, William
Dameron, Thomas Bowen, William Phebus, William Hingold,
Lemuel Green.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL ?
A. Alexander Suter, Thomas Bartholomew, Joseph Jerom,
Edward Burbeck, John Ogilvie, Melville Home, William
Palmer, Charles Kyte, Benjamin Pearce, Timothy Crowther,
Jonathan Crowther, John M'Kersey, William Butterfield,
Richard Cornish. — Ireland: James Wilson, James M'Donald,
William Hammet. — America : David Jefferson, Isaac Smith,
John Smith, Elijah Ellis, John Robertson, William Jessop,
James Riggin, Wilson Lee, Simon Pyle, Thomas Jackson,
Samuel Breeze, Matthew Greentree, Thomas Ware, James
Thomas.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial ?
A. John Phillips, Thomas Jones, James Ridall, John Gaulter,
Peter Walker, William Fisher, John Smith, Charles Bland,
John Ramshaw, William Hunter, jun., WiUiam Blagborne,
Robert Gamble, Alexander Kilham, Joseph Entwisle, John
Robotham, William Thoresby. — Ireland: John Dinnen, Robert
Lindsay, Andrew Coleman, Thomas Verner. — America : Mark
Whitaker, Henry Bingham, George Noseworthy, Stephen
Johnson, Thomas Williamson, John Freeman, Michael Gilbert,
172
1785.
Joshua Hartley, Jeremiah Maston, Hope Hull, Ezekiel Cooper,
Hezekiah Bonum, Stephen Dickins, Levin Ross, Shores Bright,
Eleazor Hatheway, Robert Sparks, William Steens, John Street,
Garret Thompson, Robert Ay res, Jacob Brush, Moses Hurley,
Robert Cann.
Q. 4. Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING?
A. Thomas Cooper, William Moore, John Accut, Nathaniel
Ward, John Hampson, sen. and jun. — John Fenwick, James
Perfect.
Q. 5. Who have died this^year?
A. Thomas Mitchell, an old soldier of Jesus Christ.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Wesley, Charles Wesley, Thomas Coke,
James Creighton, Henry Moore, Benjamin
Rhodes, George Whitfield; Thomas Rankin,
and John Atlay, Supernumeraries.
2 Sussex, William Boothby, J. Phillips.
3 Kent, George Shadford, W. Horner, Zachariah
Yewdall.
4 Colchester, Joseph Algar, Thomas Shaw.
5 Norwich, Thomas Wride, T. Jones, J. M'Kersey.
6 Yarmouth, Samuel Hodgson, George Button.
7 Lynn, William Palmer, Charles Bland.
8 jBer//brc?5Aire, William Ashman, John Ingham; John Watson,
jun., Supernumerary.
9 Northampton, Joseph Harper, Jonathan Parkin.
10 Oxfordshire, Jonathan Cousins, Barnabas Thomas.
11 Gloucester, James Hall, William Church, John Robotham.
12 Sarum, John Moon, John Wittam, Robert Empring-
ham.
13 Bradford, Christopher Watkins, Simon Day, Charles
Kyte, Timothy Crowther.
14 Bristol, Samuel Bradburn, John MurHn, Jeremiah
Brettell.
15 Taunton, John Pritchard, John Poole.
16 Devon, George Wadsworth, Michael Moorhouse.
17 Plymouth, John Mason, Adam Clarke, J. King.
18 St. Austle, William Myles, Richard Cornish, Benjamin
Pearce.
19 Redruth, Francis Wrigley, Charles Bond, Joseph Jerom.
20 St. Ives, William Green, Peter Walker, Robert
Gamble.
21 Pembroke, Joshua Keighley, Joseph Cole, William Hoskins.
23 Glamorgan, William Saunders, W. Holmes.
23 Brecon, William Warrener, J. Cricket.
1785. 173
24 Birmingham, Andrew Blair, George Story, Robert Coster-
dine ; John Brettell, Supernumerary.
25 Burslem, Thomas Warwick, S. Edwards.
2G Macclesfield, Joseph Bradford, T, Dixon.
27 Manchester, William Thompson, Thomas Lee, William
Eels ; John Furz, Supernumerary.
28 Chester, John Fletcher, Richard Rodda, Melville Home,
James Wray.
29 Liverpool, Jonathan Hern,WilliamPercival, George Gibbon.
30 Bolton, Christopher Hopper, Jasper Robinson.
31 Colne, CharlesAtmore, Edward Jackson, Robert Hay ward.
32 Leicester, John Easton, Thomas Corbet, Joseph Pescod.
33 Nottingham, Charles Boon, James Bogie.
34 Derby, Thomas Tattershall, J. Booth.
35 Sheffield, Joseph Benson, Robert Hopkins, John Barber.
36 Grimsby, William Dufton, G. Holder, Lancelot
Harrison, Alexander Kilham.
37 Gainsborough, Thomas Carlill, Robert Scot, Samuel Botts.
38 Epworth, Thomas Longlev, James Watson, W. Butter-
field.
39 Leeds, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Rutherford, Duncan
Wright.
40 Birstal, John Broadbent, J. Goodwin.
41 Dewsbury, Robert Roberts, Thomas Tennant.
42 Huddersfield, Isaac Brown, William Hunter, jun.
43 Halifax, John Allen, Thomas Johnson.
44 Bradford, John Valton, Supernumerary, John Shaw,
Henry Foster. ♦^z^, ^^v..^^"^ ..^.^
45 Keighley, Parson Greenwood, JosispK E»twiislfi. ^^^^^^ /^^r-o^
46 Whitehaven, Alexander Suter, Joseph Thompson.
47 Isle of Man, James Thorn, John Ogilvie, John Gaulter,
John Smith.
48 York, Alexander Mather, Jeremiah Robertshaw,
William Adamson.
49 Hull, Peter Mill, William Thorn, William Fish.
50 Scarborough, William Collins, Samuel Bardsley, Jonathan
Crowther.
51 Whitby, John Peacock, John Ramshaw.
52 Thirsk, Philip Hardcastle, Thomas Brisco, J. Crosby.
53 Yarm, Robert Swan, James RidaU.
54 The Dales, Thomas Ellis, George Mowat, Edward Burbeck.
55 Sunderland, James Wood, John Beanland.
56 Newcastle, George Snowden, William Simpson, Andrew
Inglis.
57 Berwick, William Hunter, William Blagborne.
58 Edinburgh, John Pawson, Robert Johnson.
59 Dundee, Thomas Hanby, Duncan M'Allum.
60 Aberdeen, J. Taylor, R. Watkinson.
174
1785.
61 Invei'ness, T. Bartholomew, M. Lurab.
Brother Taylor and Watkinson are to change
twice a quarter with Brother Bartholomew
and Lumb.
James Bogers, Christopher Peacock.
James Jordan, William M'Cornock, Walter
Griffith.
Daniel Jackson, George Brown, John Dinnen.
Thomas Davis, Lawrence Kane.
John Leech, J. Watson, sen.
Matthias Joyce, John Mayly, John Wilson ;
Thomas Halliday, Supernumerary.
George Dice, Andrew Coleman.
69 Ballyconnell, Robert Bridge, Gustavus Armstrong, Thomas
Verner.
Nehemiah Price, John Clark, James Rennick.
Thomas Barber, Thomas Hetherington,
Samuel Mitchell.
John Crook, John Miller, J. M'Donald.
Joseph Armstrong, Richard Condy.
74 Londonderry, Jonathan Brown, William West, William
Hammet.
75 Belfast, Robert Armstrong, R. Lindsay.
76 Lisburn, John Kerr, Hugh Moore, John Price.
62 Dublin,
63 Waterford,
64 Cork,
65 Limerick,
66 Castlebar,
67 Athlone,
68 Sligo,
70 Clones,
71 Enniskillefi,
72 Gharlemont,
73 Lisleen,
SUPEEINTENDENTS.
77 Georgia,
78 Charleston,
79 George- Tbz^^w, Wool. Hickson
80 Broad River,
81 Yadkin,
AMERICA.
Thomas Coke, Francis Asbury.
Elders.
- B.Allen.
82 Holstein,
83 Wilmington,
84 New River,
85 Tar River,
86 Roan Oak,
87 New Hope,
88 Caswell,
89 Salisbury,
90 Guildford,
91 Halifax,
H. Bingham, Thomas Wil-
liamson.
Richard Swift, M. Gilbert.
John Baldwin.
Philip Bruce.
Thomas Humphries, Isaac
Smith.
Edward Morris, M. Whit-
aker.
Henry Jones.
Elijah Ellis.
Joshua Hartley, H. Hull.
J. Smith, Stephen Johnson.
James Hinton, G. Nose-
worthy.
J. Tunnell.
\ H. Wilhs.
.R. Ellis.
R. Ivey.
1785.
175
- Enoch Mattson,
92 Camden, William Partridge, Williaml Elders.
Steens. ', -jo- -pppj
93 Portsmouth, T. Anderson, John Street, j
94 JViUiamsburg, Jeremiah Maston. J
95 Bertie, John Dickins, D. Jefferson. -
96 Sussex, W. Glendinning, J. Easter.
97 Brunswick, Edward Dromgoole, James
Haw.
98 Mecklenburg, John Major, John Robert-
son.
William Dameron, John"j
Freeman. |
T. Bowen, J. Kenny. .f" James O'Kelly.
)T. Jackson, H. Bonum,
j S. Dickins. J
Peter Moriarty, J. Fidler,^
W. Lee. I
104 Alleghany, L. Green, J. Paup,
Jessop.
Eleazor Hatheway.
Simon Pyle.
J. Everitt, L. Koss.
99 Amelia,
100 Bedford,
101 Orange,
103 Hanover,
103 Bedstone,
W.
T. Foster.
105 Berkley,
106 Fairfax,
107 Lancaster,
108 St. Mary's, \ I. Pigman.
109 Calvert, Michael Ellis. J
110 Frederick, William Ringold, S. Breeze."! -p -txrv, f f
111 Baltimore, Jon. Forrest, F. Poythress. \^' ^^atcoat.
112 Kent, Thomas Curtis, G. Moore. ^
113 Talbot, Thomas Haskins, J. Crom- 1
well. j- C. Boyer.
114 Dorset, W. Thomas, G. Thompson. I
115 Northampton, Philip Cox, M. Huidey. J
116 Dover, Samuel Dudley, J. Wyatt.
117 Caroline, William Cannon, J. Lee, S.
Bright. j-W. GiU.
118 Somerset, Henry Ogburn.
119 Annamessex, James White, R. Cami. ;
120 Little York, John Cooper. ^
121 Philadelphia, Ira. Ellis, James Thomas, \^ ^j
Robert Ayres. ^' ^^^^y*
122 Juniatta, James Riggin.
123 West Jersey, WilHam Phebus, T. Ware,'
R. Sparks.
124 £a*/ Jersey, Adam Cloud, M. Green- Irp pi
tree. i
125 Trenton, Robert Cloud, John M'Clas-
key, J. Brush. J
126 New York 1
127 Long Island, Ezekiel Cooper. j^' ^aggerty.
176
1785.
128 Nova Scotia,
129 Newfoundland, John M'Gearj.
Elders.
TF. Garrettson,
(^ James Cromwell.
ion A *• fJ- Baxter, Jer.
\6^Anhgua, | l.^^\,^,i.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for?
A. Sixty-nine.
Q. 9. How many of these are to be provided for by the Circuits?
A. Fifty-two; namely, —
London, S. Moore, Boothby.
Gloucestershire, S. Church.
Bradford, S.Empringham,
Bristol, S. Bradburn, Moon,
Day.
Devonshire and Taunton, S.
Moorhouse.
St. Austle, S. Poole.
Redruth, S. Story.
St. Ives, S. Green.
Birmingham, S. Blair.
Burslem, S. Warwick.
Macclesfield, S. Bradford.
Manchester, S. Goodwin, Lee,
Corbet.
Chester, S. Rodda.
Liverpool, S. Hern.
Bolton, S. Hopper.
Colne, S. Swan.
Leicester, S. Easton.
Nottingham, S. Boon.
Sheffield, S. Peacock, Mowat.
Horncastle, S. Inglis.
Gainsborough, S. Scot, Thom.
Epworth, S. Longley.
Leeds, S. Taylor, Rutherford,
Wright.
Birstal, S. (Jos.) Thompson.
Dewsbury, S. Roberts.
Huddersfield, S. (Is.) Brown.
Bradford, S. Shaw.
Halifax, S. Robertshaw.
Keighley, S. Greenwood.
York, S. Mather.
Hull, S. Mills.
Scarborough, S. Collins.
Thirsk, S. Brisco.
Yarm, S. Simpson.
The Dales, S. ElUs.
Sunderland, S. Wood, Bean-
land.
Newcastle, S.
Ireland, S.
Suowden.
Brown, Dinnen,
Kane, Watson.
Grimsby, S. (Jam.) Watson.
Q. 10. How are the other seventeen to be provided for?
A. Eight out of the Yearly Collection ; viz., S. Harper, Cousins,
Watkinson, Joyce, Bridge, Crook, Condy, Lindsay. And nine
out of the Preachers' Fund; viz., S. Wride, M'Allum, Myles,
Butterfield, Price, West, Rennick, Booth, (Thos.) Shaw, £6,
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Societies ?
A. As follows : —
London
- 2437
Gloucester
584
Sussex
240
Sarum
380
Kent
322
Bradford
- 1156
Colchester
209
Bristol
- 1531
Norwich
617
Taunton \
Tiverton j
fil/L
Lynn
202
D14!
Bedford
336
Plymouth
282
Northampton
331
Cornwall, East
757
Oxfordshire -
500
West
- 2578
1785.
177
Glamorgan -
197
Charlemont -
943
Pembroke
200
Lisleen
574
Brecon
133
Londonderry
444
Birmingham -
900
Belfast
303
Burslem
715
Lisburn
520
Macclesfield -
912
Manchester -
- 2064
AMERICA.
Chester
670
Liverpool
587
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Leicestershire
710
Charleston
13
Nottingham -
596
Broad River -
110
Derby
324
NORTH CAROLINA.
Sheffield
- 1300
Roan Oak
468
Grimsby
959
Tar River
425
Gainsborough
682
New River
588
Epvvorth
691
Wilmington -
55
Leeds
- 2500
New Hope
150
Birstal
- 2001
Caswell
191
Huddersfield -
788
Salisbury
457
Bradford
- 1088
Pee Dee
20
Halifax
974
Yadkin
338
Keighley
- 1080
Guildford
413
Colne
- 1240
Bertie
575
Whitehaven -
232
VIRGINIA.
Isle of Man -
- 2422
Halifax
371
York
872
Holstein
173
Hull
884
Orange, Whites
383
Scarborough -
651
Blacks
40
Thirsk
648
Bedford
321
Yarm
506
Mecklenburg
372
Whitby
530
Brunswick, Whites -
408
The Dales -
805
Blacks
47
Sunderland -
- 1050
Amelia
265
Newcastle
- 1020
Sussex
524
Berwick
73
Nansemond, Whites -
202
Edinburgh
134
Blacks -
22
Dundee
110
Portsmouth -
180
Aberdeen
290
Camden
334
DubHn
700
WilHamsburg, Whites
180
Waterford
300
Blacks
5
Cork
720
Hanover
20
Limerick
250
Redstone
115
Castlebar
293
Alleghany, Whites
267
Athlone
400
Blacks
7
SHgo
311
Berkley, Whites
143
Ballyconnell -
698
Blacks
11
Clones
710
Fairfax, Whites
231
Enniskillen -
651
Blacks
14
Vol. I.
i:
nT
178
1785.
Northampton, Whites
133
PENNSYLVANIA.
Blacks
2
Little York, Whites -
100
MARYLAND.
Blacks -
1
Calvert, Whites
175
Juniatta
10
Blacks
100
Philadelphia, Whites -
400
Frederick, Whites
500
Blacks -
11
Blacks
37
NEW JERSEY.
Baltimore, Whites
635
West Jersey, Whites -
473
Blacks
131
Blacks -
8
Kent, Whites
505
Trenton, Whites
278
Blacks
328
Blacks
7
Talbot, Whites
618
East Jersey, Whites -
258
Blacks
286
Blacks -
9
Dorset, Whites
600
NEW YORK.
Blacks
135
New York, Whites -
94
Somerset, Whites
260
Blacks
12
Blacks
40
Long Island -
46
Annamessex -
Caroline
258
800
Nova Scotia -
Antigua, Whites
300
8
DELAWARE.
Blacks
1100
Dover, Whites
740
Blacks
169
In all
70,466
Q. 12. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
A. £649. 16*. 9^.
Q. 13. What children are admitted this year?
A. John Bodda and William Thom.
N. B. We will receive none for the time to come under nine
years old.
Q. 14. What can we allow the daughters of the Preachers ?
A. Mary Bodda, £Q the second year, Ann Watkinson, and
Ann Roberts.
N. B. We allow nothing to a girl under ten years old.
Q. 15. What is contributed to the Preachers' Fund?
A. £471. 125. Id.
Q. 16. What is allowed out of it?
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
A. To Thomas )
Westell j"
30
0
0
Mary Penington
- 10
0
0
\J
Alice Brammah
- 12
0
0
William Whitaker -
20
0
0
Elizabeth Shorter
- 10
0
0
James Christie
10
0
0
Catherine Garnet
- 12
0
0
John Bredin
12
0
0
Ehzabeth Dillon
- 5
0
0
Thomas Halliday -
12
0
0
Tabitha Norris
- 5
0
0
Matthew Lowes
5
15
6
Margaret Payne
" 12
0
0
Ann Morgan
12
0
0
Sarah Barry
- 20
0
0
Jane Wilkinson
20
0
0
Sarah Nay lor
- 10
0
0
Lucia Bourke
10
0
0
Elizabeth Oldham
- 12
0
0
Ehzabeth Standring
12
0
0
Sarah Bowell
- 6
0
0
1785. 179
£. s. d.
Sarah Hosmer - 10 0 0
Sarah Mitcliell - 24 0 0
Sarah Jaco -550
£. s. d.
Nine Wives 10.2 0 0
In all .€399 0 6
Q. 17. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses ?
A, £899. 145. M.
Q. 18. How was this expended ?
£. s. d.
A. Arrears of last 1 ^f- q ^
year - j
£. s. d.
Preachers' Neces- )(-/?-,
• ,- J-562
sities - j
Eight Wives - 96 0 0
18 1
In all £899 14 4
Law - - 65 8 3
Towards the Con- 1
tingenciesofthe MOO 0 0
current year J
Q. 19. What houses are to be built this year?
A. One at Winchelsea^ Sheerness^ Margate, Winchester,
Ditcheat, Wallington, Camelford, Birmingham, Chesterton,
Bullock-Smithy, Failswoi'th, Colne, Haslingden, Bramley,
Gainsborough, Hatfield, Holbeck, Wichfield, Carlisle, Easing-
\vold, Selby, Market-Weighton, Redcar, South Shields, North
Biddick.
Q. 20. What is the state of our Societies in North America?
A. It may best appear from the following letter.*
Bristol, Sept. 10, 1784.
To Dr. Coke, Mr. As bury, and our Brethren in
North America.
1. By a very uncommon train of providences, many of the
provinces of North America are totally disjoined from their
mother country, and erected into independent States. The
English Government has no authority over them, either civil or
ecclesiastical, any more than over the States of Holland. A
civil authority is exercised over them, partly by the Congress,
partly by the Provincial Assemblies. But no one either exercises
or claims any ecclesiastical authority at all. In this peculiar
situation, some thousands of the inhabitants of those States
desire my advice; and in compliance with their desire, I have
drawn up a little sketch.
2. Lord King's Account of the Primitive Church convinced
me many years ago, that Bishops and Presbyters are the same
order, and consequently have the same right to ordain. For
many years I have been importuned, from time to time, to
exercise this right, by ordaining part of our Travelling Preachers.
But I have still refused, not only for peace' sake, but because I
was determined, as little as possible to violate the established
order of the national Church to which I belonged.
* If any one is minded to dispute concerning Diocesan Episcopacy, he may
dispute. But I have better work.
N 2
180 1785.
3. But the case is widely different between England and
North America. Here there are Bishops who have a legal
jurisdiction. In America there are none, neither any parish
Ministers. So that for some hundred miles together, there
is none either to baptize or to administer the Lord's Supper.
Here therefore my scruples are at an end : and I conceive
myself at full liberty, as I violate no order, and invade no
man's right, by appointing and sending labourers into the
harvest.
4. I have accordingly appointed Dr. Coke and Mr. Francis
AsBURY to be joint Superintendents over our brethren in North
America: as also Richard Whatcoat and Thomas Vasey, to
act as Elders among them, by baptizing and administering the
Lord's Supper. And I have prepared a Liturgy, little differing
from that of the Church of England, (I think, the best consti-
tuted national Church in the world,) which I advise all the
Travelling Preachers to use, on the Lord's day, in all the
congregations, reading the Litany only on Wednesdays and
Fridays, and praying extempore on all other days. I also advise
the Elders to administer the Supper of the Lord on every
Lord's day.
5. If any one will point out a more rational and scriptural
way of feeding and guiding those poor sheep in the wilderness,
I will gladly embrace it. At present I cannot see any better
method than that I have taken.
6. It has indeed been proposed to desire the English Bishops
to ordain part of our Preachers for America. But to this I
object, 1. I desired the Bishop of London to ordain only one;
but could not prevail : 2. If they consented, we know the slow-
ness of their proceedings ; but the matter admits of no delay.
3. If they would ordain them noiv, they would likewise expect to
govern them. And how grievously would this entangle us !
4. As our American brethren are now totally disentangled, both
from the State, and from the English Hierarchy, we dare not
entangle them again, either with the one or the other. They
are now at full liberty, simply to follow the Scriptures and the
primitive church. And we judge it best that they should
stand fast in that liberty, wherewith God has so strangely made
them free.
JOHN WESLEY.
Q. 21. When and where is our next Conference to begin?
A. At Bristol, the last Tuesday in July, 1786.
Whatever Preacher has been a year on trial may subscribe
to the Preachers' Fund.
No power which I ever enjoyed is given up by the Declara-
tive Deed. No such thing could have been supposed, had it not
been for that improper and ambiguous word Life-Estate. This
1785. 181
also has given the grand occasion of offence to them that sought
occasion.
Let the four Quarterly Fasts be duly observed, in August,
November, February, and May.
Q. 22. Is it proper to sell any books on the Lord's day ?
A. By no means. Neither to talk of worldly things, more
than is strictly needful.
Q. 23. Is it lawful to employ a hair-dresser on Sunday?
A. We are all fully persuaded it is not.
Q. 24. Is it right to send our children to a dancing-school ?
A. It is entirely wrong. Neither do we think it right for any
that keep boarding-schools to admit a dancing-master into their
house.
London, July 30, 1785.
We whose names are underwritten do declare that Mr.
Wesley was desired at the last Bristol Conference, without a
dissentient voice, to draw up a Deed which should give a legal
specification of the phrase, "The Conference of the People
called Methodists :" and that the mode of doing it was entirely
left to his judgment and discretion.
And we do also declare, that we do approve of the substance
and design of the Deed which Mr. Wesley has accordingly
executed and enrolled.
Thomas Coke, Thomas Hanby, John Pawson, John Murlin,
Thomas Taylor, John Broadbent, George Shadford, Samuel
Bradburn, Francis Wrigley, Duncan Wright, William Thompson,
John Valton, Alexander Mather, Thomas Eankin, Richard
Rodda, Thomas Wride, Joseph Cole, Joseph Taylor, James
Wood, Benjamin Rhodes, Charles Boon, John Barber, Joshua
Keighley, Joseph Harper, William Collins, Thomas Tennant,
William Ashman, Simon Day, Thomas Warwick, William
Myles, Isaac Brown, Joseph Pescod, John Peacock, John Moon,
Christopher Watkins, William Green, John Easton, George
Whitfield, Parson Greenwood.
London, July 30, 1785.
We whose names are underwritten, but who were not present
at the last Bristol Conference, do declare our approbation of the
substance and design of the Deed which Mr. Wesley has lately
executed and enrolled, for the purpose of giving a legal
specification of the phrase, "The Conference of the People
called Methodists."
James Creighton, Christopher Hopper, Jeremiah Brettell,
Jonathan Hern, William Boothby, Samuel Hodgson, William
Saunders, Jonathan Cousins, Thomas Carlill, William Adamson,
Thomas Ellis, George Button, Robert Swan, William Warrener,
William Simpson, James Hall, Joseph Bradford, Thomas
Longley, Robert Johnson, Samuel Bardsley, Melville Home,
182 1786.
Joseph Algar, Charles Rogers Bond, John Furz, Jeremiah
Robertshaw, Barnabas Thomas, Jasper Robinson, Henry
Moore, John Cricket, Henry Foster.
BRISTOL, July 25, 1786.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. In Great Britam : Alexander Suter, Joseph Jerom, James
Thorn, William Hoskins. — \xi Ireland : William Hammet, James
M'Donald. — In America: Isaac Smith, John Smith, Elijah ElUs,
John Robertson, Thomas Jackson, Henry Jones, William Jessop,
James Riggin, Wilson Lee, Thomas Ware, John Fidler.
Q. 2, Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. In Great Britain : Thomas Bartholomew, Edward Burbeck,
John Ogilvie, William Palmer, Charles Kyte, Benjamin Pearce,
Timothy Crowther, Jonathan Crowther, John M'Kersey, WilHam
Butterfield, Richard Cornish, William Holmes, James Ridall,
Peter Walker, Charles Bland, Robert Gamble, John Smith,
Alexander Kilham, William Fish, John Ramshaw, William
Hunter, juu., William Blagborne, Henry Robins. — In Ireland:
John Dinnen, Thomas Verner. — In America : M. Whitaker, H.
Bingham, S, Johnson, Thomas Williamson, J. Hartley, H. Hull,
William Steens, J. Maston, E. Cooper, L. Ross, Robert Sparks,
J. Brush, Robert Ayres, G. Thompson, J. Paup, J. M'Claskey,
Robert Cann, S. Dicldns, S. Pyle.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. In Great Bi^itain: James Gore, John Reynolds, Richard
Philhps, WiUiam Bramwell, James M. Byron, John Townseud,
George Baldwin, Theophilus Lessey, Thomas Jones, James Evans,
William Stevens, Thomas Roberts, Wilham Heath, Thomas
Smith, William Thoresby, John Ptobotham, James Williams,
George Highfield, John Barritt, John Tregortha, John Atkins,
John Beaumont, Thomas Gill, Jonathan Edmondson, Duncan
Kay, Richard Thoresby, Abraham Moseley, John de Queteville,
Michael Griffiths. — In Ireland: Samuel Bates, Thomas Owens,
David Gordon, Francis Frazier, Thomas Seward, John Harper,
John Gillis, Samuel Moorhead, John Grace, William Cowen.
— In America : Sihon Smith, J. Mason, R, Johnson Miller, M.
Moore, Charles Hardy, Daniel Asbury, Caleb INIaxcy, John
Steward, H. Vanover, T. Burns, Micaiah Tracy, Elijah Lums-
don, Newman Spain, J. Lurton, William Hudson, John Jarrell,
William Hervey, Benjamin Ogdon, J. Simmons, Moses Hurley,
J. Merrick, S. Talbot, L. Matthews, M. Lard.
Q. 4. Who DESIST FROM TRAVELLING?
A. In Great Britain : Philip Hardcastle, William Adamson : —
John Ingham, William Church, Michael !Moorhouse. — Tn Ire-
1786.
183
land: George Dice, Thomas Halliday. — In America: James
Hinton, Edward Dromgoole, William Glendiiming, William
Ringold.
Q. 5. Who has died this year?
A. John Fletcher, a pattern of all holiness, scarce to be
paralleled in a century : — And Christopher Peacock, young in
years, but old in grace ; a pattern of all holiness, full of faith
and love, and zeal for God.
Q. 6. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
John Broadbent travels with INIr. Wesley.
1 London John Wesley, Charles Wesley, James Creighton,
Samuel Bradburn, Benjamin Rhodes, Jere-
miah Brettell ; Thomas Rankin, John Atlay,
and George Whitfield, Supernumeraries.
3 Sussex, William Boothby, John Reynolds, James
M. Byron.
3 Kentf George Shadford, Thomas Wride, William
Bramwell, James Gore.
4 Colchester, Joseph Algar, Charles Bland.
5 Norwich, Jasper Robinson, Robert Erapringham,
Thomas Shaw, Abraham Moseley, Robert
Gamble.
6 Lynn, William Palmer, John M'Kersey, John
Gaulter.
7 Bedford, Barnabas Thomas, William Horner.
8 Northampton, Joseph Pescod, Michael Griffiths.
9 Oxfordshire, Joseph Harper, Samuel Edwards, John
Robotham.
10 Gloucestershire, James Hall, Robert Hopkins, William
Stevens.
11 Sarum, William Ashman, William Butterfield, Charles
Kyte.
John Mason, Simon Day, William Hoskins,
12 Bradford,
13 Bristol,
14 Taunton,
15 Tiverton,
16 Plymouth,
17 St. Austle,
18 Redruth,
19 St. Ives,
John King.
John
John Valton, Christopher Watkins,
Pritchard, Thomas Tennant.
George Wadsworth, John Poole.
Joseph Jerom, Peter Walker.
William Myles, Charles Bond, Timothy
Crowther.
John Moon, John Cricket, John Townsend.
Francis Wrigley, Jonathan Cousins, Joseph
Sutcliffe.
George Button, Richard Cornish, Theophilus
Lessey.
184
1786.
20 Pemhroke, Joseph Cole, John Tregortha, James Evans.
21 Glamorganshire, William Holmes, George IJaldwiu.
22 Brecon, William Saunders, Thomas Jones.
23 Birmingham, Andrew Blair, John Murlin, Duncan Wright;
John Brettell, Supernumerary.
Thomas Warwick, Thomas Corbet.
George Story, William Thoresby.
Wilham Thompson, William Eels, Thomas
Smith.
Robert Roberts, Duncan Kay.
Richard Rodda, Thomas Brisco, John
Beaumont.
Charles Boon, Christopher Hopper, James
Williams.
Jeremiah Robertshaw, Thomas Lee.
Edward Jackson, Samuel Bardsley, James
Ridall.
John Easton, Robert Hayward, Thomas Gill.
Jonathan Hern, James Bogie, William Heath.
Thomas Carlill, Robert Scot.
Alexander Mather, George Gibbon, Thomas
Tattershall.
Lancelot Harrison, James Wray.
Thomas Longley, John Barritt, Richard
Thoresby.
38 Gainsborough, William Dufton, George Mowat, Thomas
Ellis, Alexander Kilham.
James Watson, John Fenwick, Jonathan
Edmondson.
40 Leeds, Thomas Taylor, John Shaw, George Snowden.
41 Birstal, John Goodwin, John Wittam.
42 Dewsbury, Parson Greenwood, Jonathan Parkin.
43 Huddersfield, John Booth, John Crosby.
44 Halifax, John Allen, Alexander Suter.
45 Bradford, WiUiam Collins, Samuel Hodgson; Thomas
Johnson, Supernumerary.
46 Keighley, Joseph Bradford, John Beauland.
47 Whitehaven, John Peacock, James Christie.
48 Isle of Man, John Crook, John Ogilvie, Jonathan Crowther,
John Ramshaw.
49 York, Thomas Rutherford, Samuel Botts, George
Highfield.
50 Pocklington, Robert Swan, George Holder.
51 Hull, Joseph Benson, John Barber.
52 Scarborough, Peter Mill, Robert Costerdine, William Fish.
53 Whitby, Isaac Brown, Thomas Dixon.
54 Thirsk, WiUiam Simpson, William Hunter, jun.,
Henry Robins.
24 Burslem,
25 Macclesfield,
26 Manchester,
27 Stockport,
28 Chester,
29 Liverpool,
30 Bolton,
31 Colne,
32 Leicester,
33 Nottingham,
34 Derby,
35 Sheffield,
36 Grimsby,
37 Horncastle,
39 Epworth,
1786.
185
Joseph Thompson, Thomas Broadbent.
James Thom, John Atkins, J. Smith.
James Wood, WilHam Thom.
Andrew Inglis, Joseph Saunderson, William
Percival.
WilHam Hunter, sen., Zachariah Yewdall,
Matthew Lumb.
John Pawson, Charles Atmore.
Duncan M'Allum.
Thomas Hanby, Robert Johnson, William
Blagborne.
Joseph Taylor, Hichard Watkinson.
Joshua Keighley, Thomas Bartholomew,
Edward Burbeck.
Robert Carr Brackenbury, Adam Clarke.
John de Queteville.
James Rogers, Henry Moore.
George Brown, David Gordon.
Jonathan Brown, Matthias Joyce, John
Dinnen.
Daniel Jackson, Thomas Seaward.
Nehemiah Price, William M'Cornock.
Lawrence Kane, John Miller; John Mayly,
Supernumerary.
Thomas Davis, James McDonald, John
Bredin, invalid.
James Jordan, Francis Frazier.
Joseph Armstrong, James Rennick, Thomas
Owens.
William Green, Thomas Hetherington, John
Harper.
Samuel Mitchell, Thomas Verner, John Gillis.
78 Ballyshannon, Thomas Barber, Richard Condy.
79 Omayh, John Price, Samuel Moorhead.
80 Charlemont, Hugh Moore, Gustavus Armstrong.
81 Newry, John Kerr, Robert Bridge.
82 Londonderry, John Leech, Walter Griffith.
83 Coleraine, Thomas Roberts, William West, Wm. Cowen.
84 Belfast, Robert Armstrong, John Howe, John Grace.
85 Lisburn, Robert Lindsay, Samuel Bates, Benjamin Pearce.
AMERICA.
Superintendents. Thomas Coke, Francis Asbury.
Elders.
Georgia, Thomas Humphries, J.")
Major. > J. Foster.
Broad River, S. Johnson. )
Charleston, J. Smith. -Henry Willis.
55 Yarm,
56 The Dales,
57 Sunderland,
58 Newcastle,
59 Berwick,
60 Edinburgh,
61 Ayr,
6.2 Dundee,
63 Aberdeen,
64 Inverness,
65 Jersey,
66 Guernsey,
67 Dublin,
68 iVaterford,
69 Cork,
70 Limerick,
71 Castlebar,
72 Athlone,
73 Longford,
74 Sligo,
75 Ballyconnell,
7Q Clones,
77 Enniskillen,
186
E-ichard Swift.
J. Maston, H. Hull.
Thomas Williamson^ H.
Bingham.
E. J. Miller, J. Mason.
M. Whitaker, M. Moore.
J. Baldwin.
E. Morris, C. Hardy.
J. Easter, H. Jones.
W. Partridge.
T. Anderson, M. Tracv.
T. Bowen, W. Steens.'
S. Smith.
T. Jackson, J. Freeman.
Camden and Banks, J. Robertson, John
Steward.
T. Burns.
P. Cox, J. Gibbons, H.
Merritt.
S. Pyle, L. Matthews.
E. Ellis, D. Asbury.
Levin Boss.
William Dameron, E.
Lumsdon.
W. Cannon, H. Van-
over, N. Spain.
Ananias Hudson.
G. Thompson, A. Ed-'
wards, M. Lard.
J. Smith, R. Ayres, S.
Dickins.
L. Green, J. Paup. "
R. Owens, J. Fidler.
W. Waters, W. Hervey.
J. Lee, S. Talbot. ^
J. White, W. Lee.
Ira EUis, I. Moore. '
W. Jessop, M. Hurley,^
J. Jarrell.
S. Dudley, J. Everitt. '
J. Riggin, J. Merrick.
W. Thomas.
T. Curtis.
H. Ogburn, P. Mori-
arty.
Matthew Greentree.
1786.
Santee,
Pee Dee,
Salisbury,
Yadkin,
Holstein,
Guildford,
Halifax,
Mecklenburg,
Neio Hope,
Tar River,
Boan Oak,
Casivell,
Bertie,
Portsmouth,
Brunswick,
Sussex,
Amelia,
Williamsburg,
Orange,
Bedford,
Hanover,
Alleghany,
Redstone,
Westmoreland,
Fairfax,
Berkley,
Kent,
Talbot,
Dover,
Caroline,
Dorset,
Somerset,
Annamessex,
Northampton,
Philadelphia,
Little York,
Juniatta,
Elders.
[■ Bev. Allen.
>- Reuben Ellis.
tj. O'Kelly.
Y Richard Ivey.
Phil. Bruce.
F. Poythress.
;. Thomas Chew.
C Enoch Mattson.
L Nelson Reed.
l R. Whatcoat.
I J. Haggerty.
I Thomas Foster.
Caleb Beyer.
1786.
Trenton,
West Jersey,
East Jersey,
Newark,
New York,
Long Island,
Baltimore,
Frederick,
Calvert,
Kentucky,
Newbern,
New River,
Wilmington,
Antigua,
Nova Scotia,
187
R. Sparks, R. Cann
J. Brush, J. Simmons
J. Lurton.
J. M'Claskey, E. Cooper.
Robert Cloud.
J. Dickins.
Thomas Ware.
W. Hickson, A. Cloud.
M. Ellis, J. Cromwell.
Jonathan Forrest.
B. Ogdon.
. It.
Elders.
Vasey.
J. Tunuell.
") William Gill.
C Ignatius Pigman,
James Haw.
J. Hartley, C. Maxcy. i- Le Roy Cole.
W. Black, J. Mann.
Newfoundland, John M'Geary.
) J. Baxter.
) William Warrener.
S F. Garrettson.
/ James Cromwell,
r John Clarke.
J W. Hammet.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. Seventy-five.
Q. 9. How many of these are to be provided for by the Circuits ?
A. Fifty-seven; namely, —
Grimsby, S. Butterfield.
London, S, Brettell, Boothby.
Gloucestershire, S. Hall.
Bradford, S. Green.
Bristol, S. Hopkins, £6;
Dixon, £6 ; Day, Algar.
Devon and Taunton, S. Poole.
Plymouth, S. Myles.
St. Austle, S. Moon, £6.
Redruth, S. Wride.
St, Ives, S. Shaw (Thomas).
Birmingham, S. Blair, Wright.
Burslem, S. Warwick.
Macclesfield, S, Story.
Stockport, S. Roberts.
Manchester, S. Cousins,
Corbet.
Chester, S. Rodda.
Liverpool, S. Boon, Hopper.
Bolton, S. Robertshaw.
Colne, S. Lee, Harper.
Leicester, S. Easton.
Nottingham, S. Hern.
Sheffield, S. Mather, Gibbon,
Brisco.
S.
Gainsborough,
Mowat.
Epworth, S. Longley.
Leeds, S. Taylor,
Snowden.
Birstal, S. Goodwin.
Dewsbury, S. Greenwood.
Huddersfield, S. Booth.
Bradford, S. Collins.
Halifax, S, Crosby.
Keighley, S. Bradford.
York, S. Rutherford.
Hull, S. Swan.
Scarborough, S. Mill.
Yarm, S. Thompson (Jos.).
The Dales, S. Watson.
Sunderland, S.
Thorn.
Newcastle, S. Inglis.
Ireland, S. Jackson,
Brown (George),
Dinnen.
Ellis,
Shaw,
Wood,
Price,
Joyce,
188
1786.
Q. 10. Ho\r are the other eighteen to be provided for? namely,
S. Williams, Scot, Beanland, Peacock, Crook, Costerdine, Browu
(Isaac), Simpson, Percival, Hunter, sen., Watkinson, M'Ailura,
Atkins, Moon, £6 ; Moore, Kane, Rennick, "West, Condy.
A. Partly out of the Yearly Collection, and partly out of the
Preachers^ Fund.
N.B. The money for them all, except the five last, -will be
lodged in the hands of Mr. Atlay : the money for the five last,
in the hands of Mr. James Rogers.
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Societies?
A. As follows: —
London
- 2,517
Ep worth
- 644
Sussex
- 217
Leeds -
- 2,384
Kent -
- 400
Birstal -
- 1,043
Colchester
- 184
Dewsbury
- 925
Norwich
- 600
Huddersfield -
- 800
Lynn -
- 237
Halifax
- 1,000
Bedford
- 264
Bradford
- 1,146
Northampton -
- 350
Keighley
- 1,100
Oxfordshire
- 500
Whitehaven
- 227
Gloucester
- 647
Isle of Man -
- 2,433
Sarum-
- 430
York -
- 890
Bradford
- 1,193
Hull -
- 900
Bristol
- 1,600
Scarborough
- 700
Taunton
- 180
W^hitby
- 536
Devon
- 442
Thirsk -
- 667
Plymouth
- 483
Yarm -
- 512
St. Austle
- 816
The Dales
- 805
Redruth
- 1,404
Sunderland
- 1,076
St. Ives
- 1,292
Newcastle
- 1,063
Pembroke
- 186
Berwick
80
Glamorgan
- 209
Edinburgh
- 219
Brecon
- 100
Dundee
- 134
Birmingham -
- 1,010
Aberdeen
- 324
Burslem
- 780
Jersey -
- 136
Macclesfield
- 922
G uernsey
42
Manchester
- 2,460
Dublin
- 900
Chester
- 700
Waterford
- 300
Liverpool
- 655
Cork -
- 800
Bolton -
- 650
Limerick
- 266
Colne -
- 1,500
Castlebar
- 303
Leicester
- 674
Athlone
- 600
Nottingham -
- 700
Sligo -
- 391
Derby -
- 366
Ballyconnell
- 636
Sheffield
- 1,550
Clones -
- 929
Grimsby
- 480
Enniskillen
- 1,400
Horncastle
- 582
Charlemont
- 1,200
Gainsborough -
- 745
Lisleen
- 950
1786.
189
Londonderry - 700
Belfast - - 420
Lisburn - - 550
Total in Europe 58,156
AMERICA.
Portsmouth, Whites - 330
Blacks - 26
Sussex, Whites - 416
Blacks - 72
Brunswick, Whites - 305
Blacks - 59
Amelia, Whites - 382
Blacks - 30
Mecklenburg, Whites 392
Blacks 37
Bedford, Whites - 524
Blacks - 16
Orange, Wliites - 374
Blacks - 75
WilHamsburg, Whites 167
Blacks 11
Alleghany, Whites - 350
Blacks - 18
Berkley, Whites - 140
Blacks - 26
Redstone - - 523
Fairfax - - 260
Lancaster - - 174
Frederick, Whites - 390
Blacks - 32
Calvert, Whites - 295
Blacks - 316
Baltimore, Whites - 655
Blacks - 111
Little York - - 136
Kent - - 1,013
Talbot, Whites - 632
Blacks - 332
Dorset - - 719
Somerset - - 220
Aunamessex, Whites - 317
Blacks - 33
Northampton, Whites 151
Blacks- 9
Caroline, Whites - 657
Blacks - 243
Dover, Whites
690
Blacks
158
Philadelphia -
498
Georgia
78
Charleston, Whites ••
35
Blacks
23
Santee
75
Pee-Dee, Whites
285
Blacks
10
Broad River -
200
Salisbury, Whites
327
Blacks
10
Yadkin, Whites
426
Blacks
11
Holstein
250
Guildford, Whites
400
Blacks
10
Halifax, Whites
324
Blacks
14
Newhope, Whites
192
Blacks
3
Tar River, Whites
607
Blacks
42
New River, Whites -
500
Blacks
72
Roan Oak
474
Caswell
153
Bertie, Whites
405
Blacks
58
Camden and Banks -
257
West Jersey -
492
Trenton
352
East Jersey -
365
New York, Whites -
178
Blacks
25
Long Island, Whites -
146
Blacks -
8
Newark
50
Nova Scotia -
510
Newfoundland
100
Antigua, Whites
10
Blacks
1,559
Total in America,
21,350
Total in Europe,
58,156
Total in Europe and )
America, j
79,506
]90
1786.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A,
12. What is the Kingswood Collection?
£685. 7s. lOd.
13. What children are admitted this year?
Morgan, Samuel Barry, Lawrence Kane.
14. What can we allow the daughtei's of the Preachers?
Hannah Roberts, £6 the second year. Ann Watkinson,
£6 the second year.
Q. 15. What is contributed to the Preachers' Fund?
A. £365. 8s. 2d.
Q. 16. What is allowed out of it?
A. Thomas
Westell
William Whitaker
John Bredin
Matthew Lowes
Thomas Hanson
John Furz -
Henry Foster
John Watson, jun.
John Mayly
Ann Morgan
£.
30
20
12
5
12
12
12
12
12
24
12
20
£.
s.
d.
Elizabeth Shorter
- 10
0
0
Catherine Garnet
- 12
0
0
EHzabeth Dillon
- 5
0
0
Tabitha Norris
- 5
0
0
Margaret Payne
- 12
0
0
Sarah Barry
- 24
0
0
Sarah ISaylor
- 10
0
0
Elizabeth Oldham
- 12
0
0
Sarah Hosraer
- 10
0
0
Sarah Mitchell
- 24
0
0
In all.
Lucy Bourke
Mary Peuington
Q. 17. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £917. 135. 8^/.
Q. 18. How was it expended?
£. s. d.
£307 5 0
Last year's )
ies j
167 5 6
es j
100
84
0
25 15 0
Preachers'
cessities
Ne-
£.
I 540
In all,
d.
2
£917 13 8
A
Contingencies
Present year
Contingencies
Law
Sending out"^
Preachers in f
Great Britain C
and Ireland J
Q. 19. What houses are to be built this year?
A. One at Gloucester, Frome, Trowbridge, St. Austle,
Probus, Wolverhampton, Alnwick, Glasgow, Kinsale, Castlebar,
Auglirim, Cloughagady, Ballinamallard, Killydart, Armagh,
Dungannon, and Portaferry.
Q. 20. Does the General Deed require any alteration in the
mode of settling our preaching-houses?
A. None, except the insertion of the phrase, " The Conference
of the people called Methodists, as established by a Deed-Poll
of the said J. Wesle}', under his hand and seal, bearing date the
28th day of February, in the year 1784, and enrolled in His
1783. 191
Majesty's High Court of Chancery, and no others/' instead of
the phrase, "The Conference of the people called Methodists, in
London, Bristol, or Leeds, and no others/'
Q. 21. Is there any further direction to he given, to secure
the proper settlement of our preaching-houses?
A. Let no Assistant make, or suffer to be made, in his respec-
tive Circuit, a collection for any preaching-house, till every step
be previously taken to secure it on the Conference plan, by a
trust-deed, a bond, or sufficient articles of agreement.
Q. 22. Dii^ections are given in the Minutes concerning the
windows, &c., of preaching-houses : have those directions been
observed ?
A. In some places they have ; in others not at all, particularly
with regard to the windows, doors, pews, and the dividing of the
men from the women.
Q. 23. Shall we insist on the observance of these directions
for the time to come, or no ?
A. We will permit none to collect for any future building
unless security be first given to observe the rules laid down in
the Large Minutes.
Q. 24. When and where is the next Conference to be held?
A. At Manchester, on the last Tuesday in next July. And
all succeeding Conferences are to be held in the following
order; — viz., 1st, in London; 2dly, in Leeds; 3dly, in Bristol;
4thly, in Manchester.
August 30, 1785.
OF SEPARATION FROM THE CHURCH.
1. Ever since I returned from America, it has been warmly
affirmed, " You separate from the Chui'ch." I would consider
how far, and in what sense, this assertion is true.
2. Whether you mean by that term, the building so called, or
the congregation, it is plain I do not separate from either : for
wherever I am, I go to the church, and join with the congre-
gation.
3. Yet it is true that I have in some respects varied, though
not from the doctrines, yet from the discipline of the Church of
England; although not willingly, but by constraint. For
instance: Above forty years ago, I began preaching in the fields ;
and that for two reasons : First, I was not suffered to preach in
the churches. Secondly, No parish-church in London or
Westminster could contain the congregation.
4. About the same time several persons who were desirous to
save their souls, prayed me to meet them apart from the great
congregation. These little companies [societies they were called)
gradually spread through the three kingdoms. And in many
places they built houses in which they met, and wherein I and
193 1786.
my brethren preaclied. For a few young men, one after another,
desired to serve me, as sons in the Gospel.
5. Some time after, Mr. Deleznot, a Clergyman, desired me
to officiate at his chapel in Wapping. There I read prayers, and
preached, and administered the Lord's Supper to a part of the
Society. The rest communicated either at St. Paul's, or at their
several parish-churches. Meantime, I endeavoured to watch
over all their souls, as one that was to give an account ; and to
assign to each of my fellow-labourers the part wherein I judged
he might be most useful.
6. When these were multiplied, I gave them an invitation to
meet me together in my house at London ; that we might con-
sider in what manner we could most effectually save our own
souls, and them that heard us. This we called a Conference
(meaning thereby, the perso7is, not the conversation they had).
At first I desired all the Preachers to meet me; but afterwards
only a select number.
7. Some years after, we were strongly importuned by our
brethren in America to " come over and help them." Several
Preachers willingly offered themselves for the service; and
several went from time to time. God blessed their labours in
an uncommon manner. Many sinners were converted to God ;
and many Societies formed, under the same rules as were observed
in England : insomuch, that at present the American Societies
contain more than eighteen thousand members.
8. But since the late revolution in North America, these have
been in great distress. The Clergy, having no sustenance, either
from England, or from the American States, have been obliged
almost universally to leave the country, and seek their food else-
where. Hence those who had been members of the Church
had none either to administer the Lord's Supper, or to baptize
their children. They applied to England over and over : but it
was to no purpose. Judging this to be a case of real necessity,
I took a step which, for peace and quietness, I had refrained
from taking for many years : I exercised that power which I am
fully persuaded the great Shepherd and Bishop of the church
has given me. I appointed three of our labourers to go and help
them, by not only preaching the word of God, but likewise
administering the Lord's Supper, and baptizing their children,
throughout that vast tract of land, a thousand miles long, and
some hundreds broad.
9. These are the steps which, not of choice, but necessity, I
have slowly and deliberately taken. If anyone is pleased to call
this separating from the Church, he may. But the law of
England does not call it so ; nor can anyone properly be said so
to do, unless out of conscience he refuses to join in the service,
and partake of the Sacraments administered therein.
Camelford, August 30, 1785. JOHN WESLEY.
1786. 193
After Dr. Coke's return from America, many of our friends
begged I would ^^onsider the case of Scotland, where we had
been labouring so^many years, and had seen so little fruit of
our labours. Multitudes indeed have set out well, but they were
soon turned out of the way : chiefly by their Ministers either
disputing against the truth, or refusing to admit them to the
Lord's Supper, yea, or to baptize their children, unless they
would promise to have no fellowship with the Methodists. Many
who did so, soon lost all they had gained, and became more the
children of hell than before. To prevent this, I at length con-
sented to take the same step with regard to Scotland, which I
had done with regard to America. But this is not a separation
fi-om the Church at all. Not from the Church of Scotland ; for
we were never connected therewith, any further than we are now:
not from the Church of England ; for this is not concerned in
the steps which are taken in Scotland. Whatever then is done
either in America or Scotland is no separation from the Church
of England. I have no thought of this : I have many objections
against it. It is a totally different case.
" But, for all this, is it not possible there may be such a sepa-
ration after you are dead ? " Undoubtedly it is. But what I
said at our first Conference above forty years ago, I say still, " I
dare not omit doing what good I can while I live, for fear of
evils that may follow when I am dead,"
Bristol, Juh/ 22, 1786.
Perhaps there is one part of what I wrote some time since,
which requires a little further explanation. In what cases do we
allow of service in Church-hours ? I answer,
1. When the Minister is a notoriously wicked man.
2. When he preaches Arian, or any equally pernicious, doctrine.
3. When there are not churches in the town sufficient to
contain half the people. And,
4. When there is no church at all within two or three miles.
And we advise everyone who preaches in the Church-hours to
read the Psalms and Lessons, with part of the Church-prayers :
because we apprehend this will endear the Church Service to our
brethren, who probably would be prejudiced against it, if they
heard none but extemporary prayer.
A few little advices I Avould add to the Preachers.
I advise the Assistants,
1. To re-establish morning-preaching, in all large towns, at
least.
2. To exert themselves in restoring the Bands.
3. And the Select Societies.
4. Change both a General and Particular Steward in each
Circuit.
Vol. I. O
191- 1787.
I advise all the Preachers,
1. Always to conclude the service in about an hour.
2. Never scream.
3. Never lean upon or beat the Bible.
4. Wherever you preach, meet the Society.
5. Do not, without the utmost necessity, go home at night.
6. Never take part against the Assistant.
7. Never preach a funeral-sermon, but for an eminenth^ holy
person : nor then, without consulting the Assistant. Preach
none for hire. Beware of panegyric, particularly in London.
8. Have love-feasts in more places.
9. Introduce no new tunes. See that none sing too slow,
and the women sing their parts. Exhort all to sing, and all to
stand at singing, as well as to kneel at prayers.
10. Let none repeat the last line, unless the Preacher does.
11. Inform the Leaders, that every Assistant is to change
both the Stewards and Leaders when he sees good. And that
no Leader has power to put any person either into or out of the
Society.
August 1, 1786. JOHN WESLEY.
MANCHESTER, July 31, 1787.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. In Great Britain : T. Bai'tholomew, John Ogilvie, William
Palmer, Jonathan Parkin, William Holmes. — In America :
Uobert Ayres, Henry Bingham, Jacob Brush, Robert Cann,
Ezekiel Cooper, Stephen Dickins, Hope Hull, Thomas William-
son, Stephen Johnson, Jeremiah Maston, John M'Claskey, John
Paup, Simon Pyle, Levin Ross, Robert Spai'ks, Garret Thompson,
Mark Whitaker.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. In Great Britain: Edward Burbeck, Charles Kyte,
Benjamin Pearce, Timothy Crowther, Jonathan Crowther, John
M'Kersey, William Butterfield, Richard Cornish, James Ridall,
Charles Bland, Robert Gamble, John Smith, Alexander Kilham,
William Fish, William Hunter, jun., William Blagborne, James
Gore, John Reynolds, William Bramwell, James M. Byron, John
Townsend, G. Baldwin, Theophilus Lessey, Thomas Jones, J.
Evans, William Stevens, Thomas Roberts, T. Smith, William
Thoresby, George Highfield, John Barritt, John Tregortha, John
Atkins, John Beaumont, Jonathan Edmondson, Joseph Sutcliffe,
Duncan Kay, Abraham Moseley, John de Qucteville, John
Gaulter, William Franklin, Stephen Kessall. — In Ire/and :
Benjamin Pearce, John Dinnen, Thomas Ycrner, Samuel Bates,
Thomas Owens, David Gordon, Francis Frazier, John Harper,
Thomas Roberts, John GilliS; Samuel Moorhead, John Grace. —
1787. 195
In America: Sihon Smith, Jolin Mason, Mark Moore, Cliarlcs
Hardy, John Simmons, Lastly Matthews, M. Laird, Henry
Merritt, Daniel Asbury, Henry Vanover, Terence Burns, Micaiah
Tracy, Jacob Lurton, John Jarrell, Benjamin Ogden, John
Marrick, S. Quinton Talbot, Aquila Edwards, John Simmons.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. In Great Britain: Samuel Gates, John Stamp, George
Phillips, John Holmes, John Woodrow, John Sandoe, Thomas
Cooper, R. Reece, Michael Marshall, Joseph Cross, Robert
Harrison, William Joughin, Joseph Entwisle, Francis Truscott,
Thomas Crossley, David Barrowclough, John Saunders,
William Collins, jun., Robert Dall. — In Ireland : John Burnet,
Andrew Jefterys, John Black, William Johnson, George Hender-
son, John Darragh, Francis Armstrong, William M'Cornock,
Thomas Heuett, John Malcomson, Thomas Kerr, John West,
Hugh Pugh. — In America : Edward West, James Conner,
William Bradbury, Jeremiah Minter, D. Lockett, Lemuel
Andrews, Matthew Harris, Lewis Grigg, Barnabas M'^Henry,
Benjamin Carter, Isaac Low, Nathaniel Moore, David Haggard,
Jeremiah Abel, Thomas Wetherford, Thomas Davis, L. Chastain,
Francis Spry, Cornelius Cook, T. Morrell, Christopher Spry,
Nathaniel Mills, R. Pearson, Charles Connoway, James Wilson,
John Todd, J. Milbourn, B. Reggin, G. Callaghan, David
Combes, Dan. Combes, T. Hayman, B. Roberts, Aaron
Hutchinson, Elijah Phelps.
Q. 4. Who have died this year?
A. Thomas Lee, a faithful brother, and a good old soldier of
Jesus Christ. — Henry Foster, an excellent young man, wholly
devoted to God. — John Cowmeadow, a pious young man,
unblamable in spirit and conversation. — John Fenwick, wlio
died, I believe, in peace. — Thomas Seaward, a pious_, zealous,
blameless, useful young man.
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 6. How are the Preachers stationed this j^ear?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Wesley, Charles Wesley, Thomas
Coke, James Creighton, Peard Dickinson,
Samuel Bradburn; Thomas Rankin, and
John Atlay, Supernumeraries. — Joseph
Bradford travels with Mr. Wesley.
2 Sussex, John Reynolds, Robert Empriugham,
Abraham Moseley.
3 Kent, Joseph Algar, James M. Byron, W. Butterfield,
J. Holmes.
4 Colchester, John Poole, Samuel Gates, John Woodrow.
5 Norwich, Jasper Robinson, Joseph Harper, John Cricket,
Charles Bland, John Roberts.
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195
1787.
6 Limn,
7 Bedford,
John Gaulter, William Bramwell, George
Phillips.
Barnabas Thomas, T. Broadbent ; J. Watson,
Supernumerary.
8 Northampton,W\\\\nm Horner, W. Hoskins.
9 Oxfordshire, Joseph Pescod, J. Entwisle, R. Reece ; John
Murlin, Supernumerary.
10 Gloucestershire, Christopher Watkins, M. Marshall, Robert
Hopkins, J. Beaumont.
11 Sarum, William Ashman, John Pritchard, William
Hunter, jun.
12 Isle of Wight, Thomas Warwick.
13 Bradford, John Furz, Supernumerary; John Mason,
John Easton, George Wadsworth, C. Kyte.
John Valton, Supernumerary; J. Broadbent,
B. Rhodes, Jeremiah Brettell.
William Green, C. Bond.
George Button, J. M'Kersey.
Lawrence Kane, Samuel Bardslev, Joseph
Cole.
John Moon, James Evans, J. Sandoe.
George Shadford, W. Palmer, J. Gore.
Jonathan Cousins, T. Lessey, J. Sutcliflfe.
William Dufton, Simon Day, S. Kessall.
22 Glamorganshire, George Baldwin, T. Jones.
23 Brecon, William Holmes, R. Cornish.
24 Birmingham., Daniel Jackson, T. Tennant, T. Cooper; John
Brettell, Supernumerary.
25 Burslem, Ricliard Rodda, Thomas Corbet, J.
Tregortha.
26 Macclesfield, George Story, T. Smith.
27 Manchester, Thomas Tavlor, E. Jackson, J. Beanland.
28 Stockport, Robert Roberts, T. Carlill.
29 Chester, Andrew Blair, William Eels, J. Ridall.
30 Wolverhampton, ]\Ieh ille Home, Supernumerary ; J. Leech,
W. Saunders.
Charles Boon, Thomas Brisco, R. Armstrong.
Duncan Wrii;;ht, Christopher Hopper.
James Hall, S. Edwards.
Francis Wrigley, E. Burbeck.
William Boothby, T. Ellis, J. Jerora.
Jonathan Hern, Robert Scot, G. Highfield.
George Gibbon, T. Crowthcr, T. Wood.
Alexander Mather, Thomas Hanby, J. Bogie.
Thomas Longley, W. Fish.
James Watson, J. Townsend, Jonathan
Edmondson.
41 Gainsborough, Lancelot Harrison, J. Barritt, T. Crossley.
14 Bristol,
15 Taunton,
16 Tiverton,
17 Plymouth,
18 St. Austle,
19 Bedruth,
20 St. Ives,
2d Pembroke,
31 Liverpool,
32 Bolton,
33 Colne,
34 Blackburn,
35 Leicester,
36 Nottingham,
37 Derby,
38 Sheffield,
39 Grimsby,
40 Horncastle,
1787.
197
43 Epworth, Thomas Tattershall, G. Mowat, Robert
Hayward.
43 Leeds, John Pawson^ George SuowJen; John Shaw,
Supernumerary.
44 Wakefield, John Allen, S. Hodgson.
45 Birstal, "William Thompson, William Thoresby.
46 Dewsbury, Parson Greenwood, W. Percival.
47 Huddersfield, John Bootli, Robert Costerdine.
48 Halifax, John Goodwin, Jonathan Parkin.
49 Bradford, William Collins, Jeremiah Robcrtsliaw ;
T. Johnson, Supernumerary.
50 Keighley, William Blagborne, Thomas Dixon, T. Shaw.
51 Whitehaven, John Peacock, John Wittara.
52 Isle of Man, John Crook, John Smith, D. Bavrowclough.
53 York, Thomas Rutherford, J. Barber, W. Franklin.
54 PockUngton, Robert Swan, J. Cross.
55 Hidl, Joseph Benson, Thomas Bartholomew.
56 Scarborough, Peter Mill, Alexander Kilham, J. Atkins.
57 Whitby, Isaac Brown, G. Holder.
58 Thirsk, John King, John Ogilvie, J. Christie.
59 Yarm, William Simpson, D. Kay,
60 The Dales, James Thorn, J. Saunders, J. Stamp; J.
Thompson, Supernumerary.
61 Sunderland, William Hunter, Andrew Inglis, J. Crosby.
62 Newcastle, James Wood, W. Thorn, T. Wride.
63 Berwick, Joseph Taylor, Matthew Lumb, Pi-. Gamble.
64 Musselburgh, Zachariah Yewdall.
65 Edinburgh, Charles Atmore, J. Keighley.
66 Ayr and Greenock, Alexander Suter, W. Joughin.
67 Dumfries, Robert Dall.
68 Dundee, Richard Watkinson, S. Botts.
69 Aberdeen, Robert Johnson, Joseph Saunderaon.
70 Inverness, Duncan M'Allum, J. Crowther, R. Harrison.
71 Jersey, Robert Carr Brackenbury, A. Clarke.
72 Guernsey and Alderney, John de Queteville, William
Stevens.
73 Dublin, Henry Moore, William Mylss.
74 Waterford, David Gordon, A. JeiTerys.
75 Cork, James Rogei's, M. Joyce.
76 Bandon, Richard Condy, B. Pearce.
77 Limerick, Jonathan Brown, J. Dinuen.
78 Castlebar, George Brown, W. .M'Cornock, sen.,
M'Cornock, jun.
79 Athlone, Walter Griffith, J. Miller.
80 Longford, William West, J. West.
81 SUgo, Francis Frazier, W. Johnson.
82 Bally connell, Joseph Armstrong, J. Renuick, J. Grace.
83 Clones, Hugh Moore, John Black, H. Pugh.
W.
198
]787.
84 Lishellaw,
85 Enniskillea,
86 Ballyshannon,
87 Lisleen,
88 Omagh,
89 Charlemont,
90 Londondernj,
91 Coleraine,
92 jBe//fl5^,
93 Lis burn,
94 Newry,
Samuel Mitchell, Thomas Verner, J. Gillis.
George Henderson, T. Kerr.
Thomas Barber, J. Darragh.
Robert Bridge, J. Malcomson.
John Price, T. Hewett.
Samuel Bates, J. Collins.
Thomas Davis, James INI'Donald.
Thomas Roberts, N. Price, G. Armstrong.
John Howe, T. Owens.
Robert Lindsay, J. Burnet, F. Armstrong.
John Kerr, T. Hetheriugton, S. Moorhead.
AMERICA.
THE UNITED STATES.
Superintendents.
R. Ivev.
B. Allen.
R. Ellis.
F. Poythrcss.
Thomas Coke, Francis Asbury.
Eldeiis.
95 Burke, John Major, M. Harris.
96 Augusta, T. Humphries, M. Park.
97 Broad River, J. Mason, T. Davis.
98 Edisto, E. West.
99 Charleston, L. Green.
100 Cainhoy and Santee, I. Smith.
101 Fee Dee, H. Bingham, L. Andrews,
H. Leadbeater.
102 Yadkin, W. Partridge, B. M'Henry,
J. Conner.
103 Salisbury, M. Moore.
104 Guildford, J. Minter.
105 Halifax, D. Asbuiy, J. Abel.
106 New Hope, J. Baldwin.
107 Caswell, T. Burns.
108 Bladen, D. Combes.
109 New River, E. Morris, H. Ogburn.
110 Tar River, T. Bowen, T. Wetherford.
111 Roan Oak, T. Anderson, B. Carter.
112 Mecklenburg, R. Swift, C. Hardy.
113 Brunswick, J. Easter, H. Jones.
114 Sussex, P. Cox, L. Grigg.
115 Amelia, H. Hull, M. Whitaker.
116 Portsmouth, T. Jackson, D. Jefferson.
117 Camden, S. Smith.
118 Banks, D. Haggard.
119 Bertie, H. Merritt, L. Cliastain.
120 Bedford, J. Paup, W. Bradbury.
121 Greenbrier, J. Smith.
122 Orange, I. Lowe, D. Locket,
123 Hanover, H. Vanover.
124 iniliamsburg, S. Johnson.
!> J. O'Kelly.
P. Bruce.
Lc Roy Cole.
1787.
199
125 Holstein, J. Maston, Nath, Moore. ")
126 Nolachuclcie, T. Ware, M. Tracy. >
127 New Eiver, E. Morris, H. Ogburn. )
128 Kentuchj, T. Williamson, W. Lee. 1
129 Cumberland, B. Ogden. J
130 Redstone, W. Phebus, J. Wilson, E
Phelps,
R. Cann, R. Pearson.
J. Connoway, G. Callaghan
John Simmons, J. Todd.
R. Ayres, M. Laird.
L. Matthews, J. Lurton.
M. Ellis, A. Hutchinson.
W. Cannon, E. Elhs.
J. Forrest, B. Riggin, B
Roberts.
131 Clarksburg,
132 Ohio,
133 Alleghany,
134 Bath,
135 Berkley,
136 Fairfax,
137 Lancaster,
138 Frederick,
139 Calvert,
140 Baltimore,
141 Kent,
142 Talbot,
143 Dover,
144 Caroline,
J. Riggin.
J. Lee.
I. Ellis, J. Merrick.
J. Cooper.
A. Cloud, J. Brush.
J. White, G. Thompson,
F. Spry.
145 Dorset, T. Curtis.
146 Somerset, L. Ross, C. Spry.
147 Annamessex, J. Everitt, M. Greentree.
148 Northampton, R. Sparks.
149 Philadelphia, S. Dudley, W. Thomas.
150 Little York, Juniatta, D. Combes.
151 Eliza. Town, R. Cloud, T. Morrel.
152 West Jersey, Rob. Cann, J. M'Claskey,
J. Milbourn.
153 Tre7ito7i, Ezek. Cooper, N, Mills.
154 East Jersey, S. Pyle, C. Cook.
155 New York,
156 New Rochelle, S. Talbot.
157 Long Island, P. Moriarty.
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
158 Nova Scotia, William Jessop, W. Black,")
J. Mann, James Mann. J
Elders.
J. Tunnell.
J, Haw.
Jos. Cromwell.
R. Whatcoat.
E. Maston,
Invalid.
N. Reed.
J. Haggert}',
I. Pig man.
T. Chew.
J. Cromwell.
F. Garrettson.
W. Gill.
J. Dickins.
H. WilHs.
159 Newfoundland, J. M'Geary.
160 Antigua,
161 St. Vincent's,
162 St. Christopher's,
Ray.
}W. Warrencr.
J. Clarke.
J. Baxter.
W. Hammet.
UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF HOLLAND.
163 St. Eustatius, J. Harper.
200
1787.
Q. 7. How many wives are to be provided for?
A. Seventy-nine.
Q. 8. How many of these are to be provided for by the
Circuits ?
A. Sixty-three; namely, —
London, S. Bradburn, Em-
pringham.
Gloucestershire, S. Hopkins.
Bradford, S. Easton.
Bristol, S. Ehodes, Brettell,
Poole.
Tiverton and Taunton, S.
Green.
Plymouth, S. Kane.
St. Austle, S. Moon, £6.
Eedruth, S. Algar, Moon, £6.
St. Ives, S. Cousins.
Birmingham, S. (D.) Jackson,
Butterfield.
Burslem, S. Rodda.
Macclesfield, S. Story.
Stockport, S. Roberts.
Manchester, S. Taylor, Bean-
land.
Chester, S. Blair.
Liverpool, S. Boon, Brisco.
Bolton, S. Wright.
Colne, S. Hall, Hopper, £6.
Blackburn, S. Hopper, £6.
Leicester, S. Boothby.
Nottingham, S. Hern.
Sheffield, S. Mather, Gibbon,
Grimsby, S. Lougley.
Gainsborough, S. "Watson,
Ellis.
Epworth, S. Mowat.
Leeds, S. Snowden, Shaw,
Costerdine.
Wakefield, S. Percival.
Birstal, S. Horner.
Dewsburv, S. Greenwood.
Huddersiield, S. Booth.
Bradford, S. (W.) Collins.
Halifax, S. Goodwin.
Keighley, S. Crosby.
York, S*. Rutherford.
Pocklington, S. Swan.
Hull, S. Robertshaw.
Scarborough, S. Mill.
Yarm, S. Simpson.
Whitby, S. (Is.) Brown.
Thirsk, S. (T.) Shaw.
The Dales, S. Thom.
Sunderland, S. Inglis, Ogllvie.
Newcastle, S. Wood.
Edinburgh, S. Atmore.
Ireland, S. Moore, Myles,
Joyce, Hetherington, (G.)
Brown, Griffith, Price.
Scot.
Q. 9. How are the other sixteen to be provided for? namely,
S. Harper, Warwick, Corbet, Peacock, Crook, Dixon, £6;
Atkins, £6 ; Dall, Watkinson, Johnson, £6 ; Hunter, M'Allum,
Condy, Rennick, Dinnen, (J.) Collins.
A. Partly out of the Yearly Collection, and partly out of the
Preachers^ Fund.
N.B. The money for them all, except the four last, will be
lodged in the hands of Mr. Atlay ; the money for the four last,
in the hands of Mr. Henry Moore.
Q. 10. What numbers are in the Societies ?
A. As follows : —
London
- 2600
Norwich
- 576
Sussex -
- 222
Lynn -
- 247
Kent -
- 450
Bedford
- 2.")2
Colchester
- 334
Northampton -
- 370
1787.
201
Oxfordshire
.
- 5G0
Sunderland
_
1100
Gloucestershire
- 707
Newcastle
_
1093
Sarum -
- 593
Berwick
.
100
Bradford
- 1199
Edinburgh
_
261
Bristol -
- 1864
Ayr -
.
55
Taunton
- 205
Dundee
_
125
Tiverton
- 426
Aberdeen
.
243
Plymouth
St. Austle
- 660
- 820
Inverness
Jersey -
-
144
200
Redruth
St. Ives
-
- 1620
- 1287
Guernsey and Alderney
Dublin
100
1137
Pembroke
-
- 182
Waterford
.
320
Glamorganshire
- 219
Cork -
.
8:20
Brecon
-
96
Limerick
_
2i0
Birmingham
-
- 1343
Castlebar
_
351
Burslem
-
- 1064
Athlone
.
356
Macclesfield
.
- 972
Longford
.
340
Manchester
.
- 1852
Sligo -
_
288
Stockport
Chester
-
- 880
- 840
Ballycouuell
Clones
-
700
887
Liverpool
Bolton
-
- 752
- 869
Enniskillen
Charlemont
-
1450
680
Colne -
.
- 1850
Ballyshannon -
-
800
Leicester
.
■- 700
Omagh
_
413
Nottingham
Derby -
-
- 800
- 397
Londonderry -
Coleraine
-
236
416
Sheffield
.
- 1600
Belfast
-
425
Grimsby
.
- 530
Lisburn
-
600
Horncastle
.
- 629
Newry-
.
824
1 tqitic nnvAnorri
- m
- 636
- 2470
xJctlliaUUXUUgLI
Epworth
Leeds -
Total in Europe
02,088
Birstal-
-
- 900
AMERICA.
Dewsbury
Huddersfield
-
- 808
- 945
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Hull -
.
- 580
Nova Scotia
..
600
Scarborough
..
- 630
Ncw^foundland -
.
100
Whitby
Thirsk -
-
- 547
- 640
Antigua, Whites
Blacks
-
43
1957
Halifax
-
- 128
St. Vincent's, Whites
-
9
Bradford
.
- 1128
Blacks
-
81
Keighley
.
- 1240
St. Kitt's, Whites
.
50
Whitehaven
-
- 247
Blacks
-
100
Isle of Man
York -
Pocklington
-
- 2116
- 910
- 680
UNDER THE DUTCH GOVERN-
MENT.
Yarm -
.
- 455
St. Eustatius, Whites
-
2
The Dales
.
- 950
Blacks
.
GO
1787.
I.v THE United States 25,347
Total in Europe and )
America j
90,387
Total in America 28,299
Q. 11. Vv'hat is the Kingswood Collection?
J. £739. 05. 11^.
Q. 12. AVliat children are admitted this year?
A. Benjamin Rogers, Lawrence Kane, Wesley Hern,
William Hern.
Q. 13. What can v:c allow the daughters of the Preachers
out of the Kingswood Collection?
A. Mary Ilodda, £6 the second year: Margaret Story, £6
the first year: Sarah Harrison, j£6 the first year. — N.B. John
Brown is allowed .€6.
Q. 14. What is contributed to the Preachers' Fund?
A. £458. 13s. Od.
Q. 15. What is allowed out of it?
A. To Thomas )
Westell j
William Whitaker
John Bredin, for )
the present year J
Matthew Lowes -
Thomas Hanson -
John Furz
Johu Watson
John jNIayly
Ann Morgan
Lucy Bourke
Mary Peningtoa -
Sarah Shorter - 10 0 0 In all £340
Q. 16. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £1035. 16s. Id.
Q. 17. How was it expended ?
s. d.
£.
s.
d.
30
0
0
20
0
0
15
0
0
5
5
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
24
0
0
12
0
0
15
0
0
10
0
0
£.
s.
d
Catherine Garnet -
12
0
0
Ehzabeth Dillon -
10
0
0
Tabitha Norris
12
0
0
INIargaret Payne -
12
0
0
Sarah Barry
24
0
0
Sarah Nay lor
10
0
0
Eliz. Oldham
15
0
0
Sarah Hosmer
10
0
0
Sarah Mitchell -
24
0
0
Elizabeth Jaco
12
0
0
Mar}'^ Lee
10
0
0
Sarah Evans (a gift)
10
0
0
f's|
}
£.
CO
A. Last year
Deficiencies
This year's Con
tingencies
For the Defici- 1
encies of the |
Preachers and !► 243
their families in |
Ireland J
FortheDeficiencies"^
of the Preachers (. i ^o
and their fami- C
lies in Scotland J
0 0
100 0 0
7 6
16 9
57 15 0
For the Defici-^
encies of the f ^,
Preachers, &c.,
in Wales
For the Defici-
encies of the
Preachers and V446 12 11
their families in |
England
Law
J
22 3 6
In all
£1103 16
1788. 203
Q. 18. What bouses are to be built this year?
A. One at Rye, Stourport, Godshill, Winterbourne, Neath,
Dudley, Altrincham, Mosley, Salford, Leigh, Buruley, Preston,
Sheepshead, Ackworth, Pomfret, Kettleshulme, Lofthouse,
Howden, Tullamore, Carlow, Moat, and Tanderagee.
Q. 19. Are there any directions to be given concerning
Kingswood School?
A. Let the number of boarders be reduced as soon as possible
to ten ; and the number of Preachers' sons be raised to thirty.
Q. 20. Are there any directions to be given concerning
Preachers to whom we are strangers ?
A. Let no person that is not in connexion with us preach in
any of our chapels, or preaching-houses, without a note from
Mr. Wesley, or from the Assistant of the Circuit from whence
he comes; which note must be renewed yearly.
Q. 21. Many of our people who have been travelling on
business have crowded into the Preachers' dwelling-houses, and
taken up their lodgings there, to the great inconvenience of the
Preachers and their families, and expense of the respective
Societies. What can be done to remedy this evil?
A. Let none of our friends that travel on business expect to
be entertained in the Preachers' houses.
Q. 22. What can be done to prevent the heavy burdens and
expenses which are needlessly thrown on the Conference ?
A. Those Circuits that do not provide for their Preachers
(except Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and a few small Circuits
in England) shall have no more Preachers sent to them for the
time to come than they will provide for.
Q. 23. Are there any directions to be given concerning
singing?
A. Let no anthems be introduced into our chapels or
preaching-houses for the time to come ; because they cannot be
properly called joint-worship.
Q. 24. When and where shall our next Conference be held?
A. In London, on the last Tuesday in July, 1788.
LONDON, Tuesdaij, July 29, 1788.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Charles Kyte, William Butterfield, Thomas Cooper,
Robert Dall, Benjamin Pearce.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Timothy Crowther, Jonathan Crowther, John M'Kersey,
Richard Cornish, James Ridall, Charles Bland, Robert Gamble,
John Smith, Alexander Kilham, William Fish, William Hunter,
jun., William Blagborue, James Gore, John Reynolds, William
204 1788.
Bramwell, James M, Byron, John Townsend, George Baldwin,
Theophilus Lessey, Thomas Jones, James Evans, "William
Stevens, Thomas Roberts, William Thoresby, George
Highfield, John Barritt, John Tregortha, John Atkins, Jonathan
Edmondson, Joseph Sutcliffe, Duncan Kay, Abraham Moseley,
John de Queteville, John Gaulter, Thomas Wood, William
Heath, Samuel Gates, John Stamp, George Phillips, John
Holmes, John Woodrow, John Sandoe, Richard Beece, Michael
Marshall, Joseph Cross, Bobert Harrison, Joseph Entwisle,
Francis Truscott, David Barro^^•clough, John Diuucn, Thomas
Verner, Samuel Bates, Thomas Owens, David Gordon, Francis
Frazier, John Gillis, Samuel Moorhcad, John Grace, Andrew
JefiFerys, John Black, WilHam Johnson, John Darragh, Francis
Armstrong, William M'Cornock, jun., Thomas Hewett, John
Malcorason, Thomas Kerr, John West, Hugh Pugh.
N.B. All those Avho have travelled tour years are to be
present at the next Conference.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Richard Phillips, Thomas Rogerson, Thomas Wyment,
John Wilshaw, George Lowe, Thomas Allen, Henry Taylor,
John Hickling, Charles TuunyclifFe, John Furness, Thomas
Kelk, Thomas Dobson, Richard Burdsall, Richard Seed, Jasper
Winscom, John Stephens, James Lyons, James M'Mullen,
Alexander Moore, Matthew Stewart, Thomas ElUott, Frederick
Hamilton, Andrew Hamilton, Robert Smith, Nebuchadnezzar
Lee, John Stephenson, William Hamilton, Daniel Graham,
John Riles, Mark WilHs.
Q. 4. Who have died this year?
A. 1. Jeremiah Robertsh aw, who was a good soldier of Jesus
Christ, fairly worn out in his INIaster's service. He was a pattern
of patience for many years, labouring under sharp and almost
continual pain ; of meekness and gentleness to all men, and of
simplicity and godly sincerity.
2. Joshua Keighley, who was a young man deeply devoted
to God, and greatly beloved by all that knew him. Ho was
" About the marriage-state to prove,
But death had swifter wings than love."
3. Edward Burbeck, Avho from a child was eminent for
uprightness, industry, and the fear of God. He was qualified
for eminent service in his Lord's vineyard, but was taken just in
the dawn of his usefulness.
4. John Roberts, who for many years was clearly convinced
that God had called him to preach the Gospel. But he delayed
from time to time, till at length conscience prevailed over all
other considerations. It was almost too late ; for, after labouring
a few months, he fell into a lingering illness. For some weeks
he was in utter darkness; then God scattered the clouds, and
gave him to die in peace.
i7i
205
5. Mr. Charles Wesley, who, after spending fourscore years
with much sorrow and pain, quietly retired into Abraham's
bosom. He had no disease ; but, after a gradual decay of some
months,
" The weary wheels of life stood still at last."
His least praise was his talent for poetry : although Dr. "Watts
did not scruple to say, that " that single poem, Wrestling Jacob,
was worth all the verses he himself had written.^'
6. John Mayly, worn out in the service of his Master. He
suffered much in his last illness, and died triumphant in the
Lord.
7. John Burnet, a very pious, devoted, useful young man :
he continued through a long illness in a very triumphant state
of mind, and departed this life in extraordinary triumph.
Q. 5, Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 6. Who have desisted from travelling?
A. John Beaumont, Thomas Smith, Robert Lindsay, James
Jordan, Robert Armstrong.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Wesley, Thomas Coke, James Creighton,
Peard Dickinson, Henry Moore, Samuel
Bradburn; Thomas Rankin, John Atlay,
Alexander Suter, Supernumeraries, — Joseph
Bradford travels with Mr. Wesley.
2 Sussex, Timothy Crowther, J. Holmes, Thomas Jones.
3 Kent, John Pritchard, William Butterfield, Charles
Kyte, James M. Byron ; Barnabas Thomas,
Supernumerary.
4 Colchester, Joseph Harper, Thomas Broadbent, Thomas
Rogerson.
5 Norwich, John Poole, Richard Reece, Thomas Kelk.
6 Yarmouth, Thomas Tattershall, J. Woodrow.
7 Lynn, John Reynolds, W. Green, John Cricket.
8 Bedford, Robert Empringham, Thomas Ellis.
9 Northampton, William Horner, Thomas Wyment.
10 Oxfordshire, Joseph Pescod, Charles Bland, Abraham
Moselej''; John Muriin, Supernumerar3%
11 Gloucestershire, Robert Hopkins, Michael Marshall.
12 Worcestershire, Christopher Watkins, Thomas Wood.
13 Sarum, William Thorn, W. Holmes, Richard Cornish,
J. Winscom, Thomas Alien.
14 Isle of Jersey, Robert Carr Brackenbury, Adam Clarke.
15 Isles of Guernsey and Alderney, John Bredin, John de
Queteville.
16 Bradford, John Easton, Joseph Algar, William Hoskins,
206
1788.
William Hunter, jun.; John Furz, Super-
numerary.
17 Bristol, John Broadbent, T. Tennant, Thomas
Warwick ; John Valtou, Supernumerary.
18 Taunton, Jonathan Cousins, William Heath.
19 Tiverton, William Ashman, J. M 'Kersey.
20 Bideford, Richard Drew, John Sandoe.
21 Plymouth, 'Lawrence Kane, G. Wadsworth, Thomas
Cooper.
22 St. Austle, John Mason, Theophilus Lessey, William
Fish.
23 Redruth, Beniamin Rhodes, Samuel Bardsley, Richard
Phillips.
24 St. Ives, George Shadford, J. Gore, Joseph Sutcliffe,
S. Gates.
25 Pembroke, William Palmer, C. Bond, Francis Truscott.
26 Glamorganshire, William Stevens, Georq;e Button.
27 Brecon, George Baldwin, William Church.
28 Birmingham, Andrew Blair, Jeremiah Brettell, John Moon.
29 Wolver]iampton,'Me\v\\\Q Home, Supernumerary; John
Leech, John Brettell.
30 Burslcm, Richard Rodda, T. Shaw, Thomas Dobson.
31 Macclesfield, John Allen, John Tregortha, George Highfield.
32 Stockport, Thomas Rutherford, William Dufton.
33 Manchester, Thomas Taylor, George Suowden, James
Hall.
34 Bolton, Parson Greenwood, Christopher Hopper.
35 Chester, Robert Roberts, George Lowe; Thomas Brisco,
Supernumerary.
36 Wirrall, John Hickling.
37 Liverpool, Daniel Jackson, Henry Tajdor.
38 Blackburn, George Story, William Bramwell.
39 Colne, Charles Atmore, J. Ridall.
40 Leicester, James Watson, Simon Day, Richard Seed ;
John Watson, Supeimumerary.
41 Nottingham, Joseph Taylor, T. Hanby, Joseph Jerom.
42 Derby, George Gibbon, T. Corbet, Robert Costerdine.
43 Sheffield, Edward Jackson, A. Inglis, John Beanland.
44 Grimsby, Thomas Longley, George Phillips.
45 Horncastle, Thomas Carlill, Robert Scot, Benjamin
Leggatt.
46 Gainsborough, Lancelot Harrison, George Mowat, James
Evans.
47 Epivorth, Robert Swan, James Chi'istie, John Atkins.
48 Leeds, John Pawson, John Peacock, William Collins.
49 Wakefield, Alexander Mather, Jonathan Parkin.
GO Huddersfield, Francis Wrigley, William Boothby.
1788.
207
51 Birstal,
52 Bradford,
53 Halifax^,
54 Keigldey,
William Thompson, Joseph Eatwisle, William
Tlioresby.
John Booth, Samuel Hodgson; Thomas
Johnson, Supernumerary.
John Goodwin, John Shaw.
James Wood, Thomas Bartholomew, William
Blagborne; Robert Hay ward. Super-
numerary.
55 Whitehaven, Thomas Wride, John Wilshaw.
56 Isle of Man, George Holder, John Smith, John Wittam.
57 York, Jonathan Hern, John Ganlter, Richard
Burdsall.
58 Pocklington, Jasper Robinson, William Percival, Thomas
Dunn.
59 Hull, Joseph Benson, Jonathan Edmondson.
60 Scarborough, Thomas Dixon, Isaac Brown, Alexander
Kilham.
James Thom, J. Townsend.
John King, Duncan Kay, John Crosby.
William Simpson, Charles TunnyclifFe.
William Saunders, Thomas Gill, Mark Willis.
William Hunter, Duncan Wright, John
61 Whitby,
62 Thirsk,
63 Yarm,
61 The Dales,
65 Sunderland,
66 Newcastle,
67 Berwick,
68 Dalkeith,
69 Edinburgh,
Ogilvie.
Peter Mill, Joseph Thompson, John Stamp.
James Bogie, Zachariah Yewdall, John Furness.
Jonathan Crowther.
Joseph Cownley, John Barber.
70 Ayr and Dumfries, Joseph Cole, Robert Dall.
71 Dundee,
Joseph
Richard Watkinson, Samuel Botts;
Saunderson, Supernumerary.
72 Aberdeen, Robert Johnson, J. Cross.
73 Inverness, Duncan M'Allum, John Barritt, Robert
Harrison.
74 Dublin, Charles Boon, W. Myles
75 Wexford, Hugh Moore, Thomas Verner.
7Q Waterford, Richard Coudy, Francis Frazier.
77 Cork, James Rogers, Thomas Roberts.
78 Bandon, John Kerr, Robert Bridge.
79 Limerick, Jonathan Brown, Andrew Jefferys.
80 Birr, Thomas Davis, Gustavus Armstrong.
81 Castlebar, James M'Donald, Thomas Kerr.
82 Athlone, John Dinnen, William Wilson.
83 Longford, Thomas Barber, John Malcomson.
84 Sligo, David Gordon, T. Hewett.
85 Bally connell, George Brown, John IMiller, Francis
Armstrong; John Price, Supernumerary.
86 Clones, Joseph Armstrong, Samuel Moorhead,
Alexander Moore.
208 1788.
87 Brookborough, William M^Cornock,jun., William Hamilton.
88 Enniskillen, John Black, Daniel Graham.
89 Bally shannon, James Rennick, Andrew Hamilton.
90 Killybegs, John Stephenson, Thomas Elliott.
91 Lisleen, Matthew Stewart, Nebuchadnezzar Lee.
93 Omagh, Samuel Bates, James M'Mullen.
93 Charlemont, John Crook, David Barrowclough.
94) Londonderry, William West, John West.
95 Coleraine, Matthias Joyce, William Johnson, John
Stephens ; John Howe, Supernumerary.
96 Belfast, Samuel Mitchell, John Darragli.
97 Lisburn, Thomas Hetherington, John Gillis, Frederick-
Hamilton ; Hugh Pugh, Supernumerary.
98 Newry, Walter Griffith, John Grace.
93 Tanderagee, Nehemiah Price, James Lyons, Robert Smith.
AMERICA.
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN AMERICA.
100 Newfoundland, John M^Geary. "^ Elders.
101 Nova Scotia, William Jessop, William L j tip-
Black,John Mann, James f * ^*
Mann. J
inn A J' ") W. Warrener.
102 Antigua, V j rr^,.^^^
J J. Harper.
J. Baxter.
J. Clarke.
103 St. Vincent's, X ^- ^^^^t^^-
104 St. Christopher^'s,
UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF HOLLAND. ^ W. Hammet.
105 St. Eustatius,
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Superintendents. Thomas Coke, Francis Asbury.
N.B. The last Conference in America for the present year
has not yet been held; so that we are not able to insert the exact
stations of the Preachers in the United States.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. Ninety-one.
Q. 9. How many of these are to be provided for by the
Circuits ?
A. Seventy-eight : as follows ; viz., —
London, S. Moore, Bradburn,
Crowther, Empringham.
Sussex, c€3.
Norwich, £3.
Yarmouth, £3.
Lvun, £3.
Oxfordshire, £Q.
Gloucestershire, S. Hopkins,
m.
Worcestershire, S. Hopkins, £Q.
Sarum and Portsmouth, S.
(Wm.) Thorn.
1788.
209
Bradford, S. Easton, and £6.
Bristol, S. Broadbent, War-
wick, Algar, (J.) Sliaw.
Tiverton and Taunton, S.
Cousins.
Plj^mouth, S. Kane, and £6.
St'. Austle, S. Church.
Redruth, S. Rhodes, and £6.
St. Ives, S. Horner.
Birmingham, S. Blair, Brettell,
Story.
Burslem, S. Eodda, and £6.
Macclesfield, S. Pritchard, and
£6.
Stockport, S. Rutherford, and
£6.
Manchester, S. (Tho.) Taylor,
Snowden, Roberts.
Chester, S. Hall, and £6.
Liverpool, S. (D.) Jackson,
Brisco, (H.) Taylor.
Bolton, S. Greenwood.
Colne, S. Atmore, Bramwell.
Leicester, S. Scot.
Nottingham, S. (Jos.) Taylor,
Atkins.
Derby, S. Gibbon.
Sheffield, S. Inglis, Hopper,
Moon.
Q. 10. How are the other twelve to be provided for ?
A. By the Preachers' Fund. — N.B. The money for all those
Avives whose names are not inserted in the Minutes, will be
lodged in the hands of Mr. Atlay.
Q. 11- What numbers are in the Societies?
A. As follows : —
Grimsby, S. Longley.
Horncastle, £6.
Gainsborough, S. Watson.
Epworth, S. Swan.
Leeds, S. Collins, Peacock,
(T.) Shaw.
Wakefield, S. Mather, Ogilvie.
Birstal, S. Butterfield.
Huddersfield, S. Boothby.
Bradford, S. Booth.
Halifax, S. Goodwin.
Keighley, S. Wood, and £3.
York, S. Hern, and £3.
Pocklington, S. Percival.
Hull, S. Mowat.
Scarborough, S. (Is.) Brown,
and £3.
Yarm, S. Simpson, and £6.
Whitby, S. (Jas.) Thorn.
The Dales, S. Gill, and £3.
Sunderland, S. Hunter, Dunn,
and £6.
Newcastle, S. Mill, and £6.
Edinburgh, S. Watkinson.
Ireland, S. Boon, Myles, West,
Dinnen, (G.) Brown, Stewart,
Rennick, Joyce.
London
- 2800
Bradford
- 1365
Sussex -
- 25 li Bristol -
- 2040
Kent -
- 530 ! Taunton
- 246
Colchester
- 280 Tiverton
444
Norwich
- 460 Plymouth
- 745
Lynn -
.. 290 St. Austle
- 818
Bedford
- 250
Redruth
- 1776
Northampton -
- 358
St. Ives
- 1231
Oxfordshire
- 620
Pembroke
- 183
Gloucestershire
- 381
Glamorgan
- 215
Worcestershire
- 339
Brecon -
- 150
Sarum
- 464
Birmingham
- 1300
Isle of Wight -
87
Burslem
- 1250
Vol. I.
]
P
210
1788.
Macclesfield
.
.
972
Bandon
280
Manchester
.
-
1950
Limerick
244
Stockport
.
-
846
Castlebar
344
Chester
.
-
600
Athlone
396
Wolverhamptou
.
493
Longford
331
Liverpool
-
-
792
Sligo -
330
Bolton
-
-
1100
Ballyconnell -
750
Colne
.
.
993
Clones - - .
1268
Blackburn
-
-
878
Brookborough -
648
Leicester
-
-
606
Enniskillen
655
Nottingham
.
-
810
Ballyshannon -
500
Derby
-
-
640
Killybegs
300
Sheffield
_
-
1620
Lisleen
327
Grimsby
-
-
557
Omagh
310
Horncastle
-
.
600
Charlemont
838
Gainsborough
-
-
660
Londonderry -
221
Epworth
-
-
650
Coleraine
491
Leeds -
.
.
2058
Belfast
373
Wakefield
-
.
670
Lisburn
611
Birstal
-
-
903
Newry - - -
946
Dewsbury
-
-
768
Huddersfield
-
-
910
In all (
36,375
Halifax
.
.
1100
Bradford
Keighley
-
-
1040
1317
AMERICA.
Whitehaven
-
-
221
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Isle of Man
.
-
2262
York -
_
_
990
Newfoundland -
200
Pocklingtou
_
_
690
Nova Scotia, Whites -
302
Hull ^
_
_
647
Blacks
200
Scarborough
_
_
644
Antigua, Whites and )
Mulattoes - j
60
Whitby
.
.
525
Thirsk
_
«
647
Blacks
2670
Yarm -
_
_
506
S t.Christopher's, Whites
25
The Dales
-
-
982
Coloured ")
People - J
375
Sunderland
-
_
1160
Newcastle
_
.
1100
St. Vincent's, Whites -
12
Berwick
Edinburgh an
J T\„n,
_'ii
111
330
Blacks -
149
d Dalkeim
Ayr and Dumfries
.
45
In all
3,993
Dundee
-
-
129
Aberdeen
-
-
249
UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF
Inverness
-
-
165
HOLLAND.
Jersey -
-
-
248
Guernsey anc
Alderney
105
St. Eustatius, Whites -
2
Dubhn
_
-
1150
Blacks -
140
Waterford
_
_
350
Cork -
_
_
550
In all
142
1788,
211
Caswell, Whites
207
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Blacks
6
Bertie, Whites
386
Georgia,
Blacks
50
Burke
Richmond, Whites
82
345
Camden and Banks,
Whites
Blacks
370
34
Blacks -
Washington, Whites -
Blacks -
22
707
71
New River, Whites -
Blacks
Bladen
495
80
30
South Carolina.
Virginia.
Halifax, Whites
403
Charleston^ Whites -
50
Blacks
23
Blacks
65
Mecklenburg, Whites
828
Edisto, Whites
340
Blacks
7Q
Blacks
25
Portsmouth, Whites -
391
Cainhoy, Whites
36
Blacks -
57
Blacks
24
Brunswick, Whites -
407
Santee, Whites
225
Blacks
59
Blacks
20
Sussex, Whites
496
Pee Dee, Whites
885
Blacks
93
Blacks
50
Amelia, Whites
573
Broad River, Whites -
460
Blacks
51
Blacks -
29
Williamsburg, Whites
217
Seleuda, Whites
230
0-'
Blacks -
5
Blacks
11
Orange, Whites
337
Blacks
34
North Carolina.
Amherst, Whites
Blacks
100
7
Salisbury,* Whites -
391
Bedford
252
Blacks
24
Buckingham, Whites -
87
Yadkin, Whites
517
Blacks -
10
Blacks
20
Kentucky
90
Holstein, Whites
449
Alleghany
736
Blacks
1
Berkley, Whites
203
Guildford, Whites -
409
Blacks
26
Blacks
15
Redstone
756
New Hope, Whites -
291
Fairfax
270
Blacks
30
Lancaster, Whites
400
Tar River, Whites -
680
Blacks
155
Blacks
50
Northampton, Whites
178
Roan Oak, Whites
419
Blacks -
22
Blacks
129
Greenbrier
100
* The remaining numbers are taken from the return of last year, the Conference
at Baltimore for the present year having not yet been held ; but we have sufficient
reason to believe that many thousands have been added to the Societies in Virginia
and the States that lie north of it
P 2
212
1788.
Murylarid.
Frederick^ AVliitcs - 445
Blacks - 55
Calvert, Whites - 443
Blacks - 550
Baltimore^ Whites - 756
Blacks - 196
Kent, Whites - 607
Blacks - - 604
Talbot, Whites - 1077
Blacks - 524
Dorset, Whites - 594
Blacks - 135
Somerset, Whites - 223
Blacks - 56
Annamessex, Whites - 343
Blacks - 43
Caroline, Whites - 616
Blacks - 268
Delaware.
Dover, Whites - 654
Blacks - 209
Q. 12. What is the Kingswood Collection ?
A. £1^\. 16s. Id.
Q. 13. What children are admitted this year?
A. Joseph Rogers, Edward Price, Lancelot Harrison.
Q. 14. What children are sent to Raynham School?
A. Joseph Harper.
Q. 15. W^hat can we allow the daughters of the Preachers out
of the Kingswood Collection?
A. Frances Longley, £6 the first year ; Jane Allen, £6 the
first year; Catherine Thompson, i86 the first year. — N.B- John
Brown is allowed £6 the second year.
Q. 16. What is contributed to the Preachers' Fund?
A. £420. Us. Od.
Q. 17. What is allowed out of it?
Pennsiyh-amci.
Philadelphia -
Little York )
Juniatta j
513
136
Neil) Jer.9et/.
West Jersey, AVhites -
Blacks -
Trenton
East Jersey - - -
Elizabeth Town
557
8
372
465
240
New York.
New York, W^hites
Blacks -
Long Island^ Whites -
Blacks -
235
40
160
7
In all
27,333
Total in Europe
Total in America
66,375
31,468
Total in Europe and
America - 97,843
A. To Thomas \
Westell j
William Whitaker-
Thomas Hanson -
Robert Hay ward -
John Furz
John Price
John Watson
£.
s.
d.
30
0
0
20
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
£. s. d.
Wilham Church - 12 0 0
Ann :Morgan - 24 0 0
Lucia Bourke - 15 0 0
Marv Peninsjton - 12 0 0
Sarah Shorter - 10 0 0
Catherine Garnet - 12 0 0
Elizabeth Dillon - 10 0 0
Tabitha Norris - 12 0 0
1788.
213
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
12
0
0
S. Rohertsliaw
- 12
0
0
24
0
0
S. Rowell -
- 10
0
0
10
0
0
Thomas Johnson
- 6
0
0
15
0
0
Twelve Wives
- 144
0
0
10
20
0
0
0
0
In all
£492
0
0
12
0
0
Margaret Payue -
Sarah Barry
Sarah Naylor
EHzabeth Oldham -
Sarah Hosraer
Sarah Mitchell -
Elizabeth Jaco
Q. 18. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses ?
£1,203. 7s. Id.
19. How was it expended ?
s. d.
A.
Q.
Tl
Last year's }
Deficiencies j
V ear's Con- )
£.
56
5 10
HS
tiuffeucies
100 0 0
£.
d.
For the Defici-
encies of the
Preachers, &c.,
in Wales
For the Defici-^
encies of the j
Preachers and >
their families \
in England
Law
Houses
68 0 6
469 4 0
For the Defici-
encies of the
Preachers and y- 214 8 7
their families
in Ireland
For the Defici-^ Law " - - 37 4
encies of the ) Houses - - 106 15 0
Preachers and[>151 9 0
their famines \ In all £1,203 7 1
in Scotland
Q. 20. What houses are to be built this year?
A. Erompton, St. Stephen's, Penryu, Penzance, Birmingham,
Oldham, Tunstall, Madeley-Bank, Liverpool, Ovvston, Whitby,
Kelso, Dumfries, Dalkeith, Dundee, Wexford, lloss, Bandon,
Ballinrobe, llich-Hill, Brookborough, and Dublin-house to be
enlarged.
Q. 21. What further directions may be given concerning the
Prayers of the Chui-ch of England?
A. The Assistants shall have a discretionary power to read
the Prayer-Book in the preaching-houses on Sunday mornings,
where they think it expedient, if the generality of the Society
acquiesce with it; on condition that Divine service never be
performed in the Church-hours on the Sundays when the sacra-
ment is administered in the parish-church where the preaching-
house is situated, and the people be strenuously exhorted to
attend the sacrament in the parish-church on those Sundays.
Q. 22. Are any directions to be given concerning the weekly
and quarterly collections in the Circuits ?
A. Let every Assistant be particularly careful to enforce the
weekly collection of a penny from each member of our Society in
the class-meetings, and the quarterly collection of a shilling from
each member that can afford to pay it at the quarterly visitation.
214 1788.
Q. 23. Many of our Preachers have been obliged to go from
the house of one friend to another for all their meals, to the
great loss of their time, and to the injury of the work of God.
What can be done to prevent this evil in future ?
A. Let every Circuit provide a sufficient allowance for the
Preachers, that tliey may in general eat their meals at their own
lodgings.
Q. 24. What can be further done to secure our preaching-
houses to the Connexion ?
A. Let no house be built on any consideration, till the
ground be first settled on the Conference plan.
Q. 25. What is the Conference plan?
A, Though it has been printed in many editions of the Large
Minutes, yet, at the desire of the Conference, it is inserted here.
" This Indenture, made , between
Benjamin Heap, of , in the County of , on the one
part, and Thomas Philips, hatter, &c., on the other part,
WITNESSETH, That in consideration of five shillings, lawful
money of Great Britain, by the said T. P., &c., to the said B. H.
truly paid, before the sealing and delivering hereof, (the receipt
whereof the said B. H. doth hereby acknowledge,) and for divers
other considerations him thereunto moving, the said B. H. hath
granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents doth bargain
and sell, unto the said T. P., &c., their heirs and assigns for
ever, all that lately erected house or tenement, with the yard
thereunto adjoining, situate in aforesaid, now
in the tenure or occupation of , together with all the ways,
drains, and privileges, to the said premises appertaining, and all
the profits thereof, with all the right, title, and interest, in law
and equity : To have and to hold, the said house, yard, and
other premises, to the said T. P., &c., their heirs and assigns for
ever. Nevertheless, upon special trust and confidence, and to
the intent that they, and the survivors of them, and the Trustees
for the time being, do and shall permit John Wesley, of the
City-Road, London, Clerk, and such other persons as he shall
from time to time appoint, and at all times, during his natural
life, and no other persons, to have and enjoy the free use and
benefit of the said premises ; that the said John Wesley, and
such other persons as he appoints, may therein preach and
expound God^s holy word. And after his decease, upon farther
trust and confidence, and to the intent that the said T. P., &c.,
or the major part of them, or the survivors of them, and the
major part of the Trustees of the said premises for the time
being, shall, from time to time, and at all times for ever, permit
such persons as shall be appointed at the yearly Conference of
the people called Methodists, as established by a Deed-PoU of
the said John Wesley, under his hand and seal, bearing date the
1788. 215
28th day cf February, in the year 1784, and enrolled in His
Majesty^s High Court of Chancery, and no others, to have and
to enjoy the said premises, for the purposes aforesaid : provided
always, that the said persons preach no other doctrine than is
contained in Mr. Wesley's Notes upon the New Testament, and
four volumes of Sermons : and upon farther trust and confi-
dence, that as often as any of these Trustees, or the Trustees for
the time being, shall die, or cease to be a member of the Society
commonly called Methodists, the rest of the said Trustees, or of
the Trustees for the time being, as soon as conveniently may be,
shall and may choose another Trustee or Trustees, in order to
keep up the number of Trustees for ever. In witness
•whereof the said B. H. hath hereunto set his hand and seal, the
day and year above written.^'
In this form the proprietors of the house are to make it over
to five, seven, or nine Trustees.
But observe, 1. Every Deed must be enrolled within six
months after its execution; the persons in whose names the
premises have been bought, acknowledging their execution of
the Deed before a Master in Chancery, and the Master in
Chancery inserting on the margin of the Deed the following
words, or words to this purport : — "A. B. of the parish of ,
in the county of , (and C. D., &c., if the premises have been
purchased in the names of two or more,) did appear before me,
this day of , in the year of , and did acknowledge
that he did sign, seal, and deliver this Indenture, as his own act
and deed; and prays that the same may be enrolled in His
Majesty^s High Court of Chancery.
E. F., Master Extraordinary in Chancery."
N.B. Almost every eminent attorney in the country is a
Master Extraordinary in Chancery. If the Deed be then sent
to Mr. Clulow, No. 10, Chancery-Lane, Loudon, it will be
carefully enrolled, and returned to the country according to
directions; the Society to which the preaching-house belongs
paying the expenses of the enrolment, &c.
2. If the preaching-house is in debt, a clause may be
inserted, empowering the Trustees to mortgage the premises.
Q. 26. Is it necessary to make any alteration in the economy
of Kingswood School ?
A. Let the number of the Preachers' sons be raised to forty,
and the number of boarders be reduced to ten, as soon as
possible.
Q. 27. The general collections for preaching-houses are
become a great grievance, both to the Preachers and people.
What method can be taken to remedy this evil ?
A. Let no collections be made for preaching-houses after this
216 1789.
year, except in the Circuits in which they shall respcctivelj'^ be
built.
Q. 28. Who are the Missionaries appointed this year for tiic
West Indies?
A. WilHani M'Cornock, sen., Benjamin Pearce, Matthew
Lumb, Robert Gamble, Thomas Owens.
Q. 29. When and Avhere is our next Conference to be held ?
A. In Leeds, on the last Tuesday in July, 1789.
To our Societies in England and Ireland.
Fifty years ago, and for several years following, all our
Preachers were single men, when, in process of time, a few of
them married. Those with whom they laboured maintained
both them and their wives, there being then no settled allowance
either for the one or the other. But, above thirty years ago, it
was found most convenient to fix' a stated allowance for both,
and this was found by the Circuits where they were stationed ;
till one year some of the Circuits complained of poverty. Dr.
Coke and I supplied what was wanting. The next year, the
number of wives increasing, three or four of them were supplied
out of the Contingent Fund. This was a bad precedent ; for
more and more wives were thrown upon this Fund, till it was
likely to be swallowed up thereby. We could think of no way
to prevent this, but to consider the state of our Societies in
England and Ireland, and to beg the members of each Circuit to
give us that assistance which they can easily do without hurting
their families.
Within these fifty years, the substance of the Methodists is
increased in proportion to their numbers. Therefore, if you are
not straitened in your own bowels, this will be no grievance, but
you will cheerfully give food and raiment to those who give up
all their time, and strength, and labour to your service.
London, August 2, 1788. JOHN WESLEY.
LEEDS, Tuesday, July 28, 1789.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. In Great Britain: Timothy Crowther, Jonathan Crowther,
James Ridall, Charles Bland, John Smith, Alexander Kilham,
WilHam Hunter, jun., William Biagborne, John Reynolds,
James M. Byron, George Highfield, John Barritt, John Atkins,
William Bramwell, and John Gaulter. — In Ireland: Thomas
Verner, and John JDinnen. — In Jersey : John de Queteville.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. In Great Britain: John M'Kersey, Richard Cornish,
William Fish, James Gore, John Townsend, George Baldwin,
1789. 217
Theopliilus Lessey, Thomas Jones, James Evans, William
Stevens, Thomas Roberts, William Thoresby, John Tregortha,
Jonathan Edmoudson, Joseph SutclifFe, Duncan Kay, Abraham
Moselcy, Thomas Wood, William Heath, Samnel Grates, John
Stamp, John Woodrow, John Sandoe, Richard Reece, Miciiael
Marshall, Joseph Cross, Robert Harrison, Joseph Entwisle,
Francis Triiscott, Richard Drew, Thomas Gill, Thomas Rogerson,
Thomas Wymeut, John Wilshaw, George Lowe, Henry Taylor,
John Hickling, Charles Tunnycliffe, John Furness, Thomas
Kelk, Thomas Dobson, Richard Seed, and Jasper Winscom.
— In Ireland: John Stephens, James Lyons, James M'Mullen,
Alexander Moore, John Riles, Mark Willis, Samuel Bates,
David Gordon, Thomas Roberts, John Gillis, Samuel Moorhead,
John Grace, Andrew Jefferj^s, John Black, William Johnson,
John Darragh, Francis Armstrong, William M'Cornock, jun.,
Thomas Hewett, John Malcomson, Thomas Kerr, John West,
James Lyons, Alexander Moore, Matthew Stewart, Thomas
Elliott, Andrew Hamilton, Robert Smith, Nebuchadnezzar
Lee, William Hamilton, John Stephenson, Daniel Graham,
Michael Murphy, WilUam Wilson, and David B arrow clou gh.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial ?
A. In Great Britain : William Jenkins, William Cox, W^illiara
Saunderson, Henry Saunders, Robert Lomas, John Ramshaw,
Miles Martindale, Thomas Hutton, William Smith, John
Kershaw, John Nelson, John Denton, Robert Crowther, Robert
Smith, and Jonathan Thompson. — In Ireland: William Brandon,
George Donovan, Samuel Wood, Thomas Ridgeway, James
M'Quigg, Thomas Patterson, Andrew Hamilton, jun., James
Irwin, Thomas Worrell, and Robert M'Cay.
Q. 4. Who have died this year?
A. In Great Britain: Thomas Corbet, a plain, honest, pious,
useful man. He endured much in his last illness, manifested
great fortitude, and died in the full triumph of faith.
In Ireland : Hugh Pugh, a zealous, pious young man, who
suffered much in his illness, but died happy in God. — Francis
Frazier, a good young man, and a good preacher. — And John
Stephens, who, being little more than a child in years, was a
man both in knowledge and piety, and went hence in the full
triumph of faith.
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 6. Who have desisted from travelling?
A. In Great Britain : WiUiara Hoskins, George Phillips, and
John Holmes. — In Ireland: John Howe.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year ?
A. As follows : —
1 London, John Wesley, James Ci-eighton, Peard
Dickinson, Henry Moore, John Broadbeut ;
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1780.
Thomas Rankin, Supernumerary; George
Whitfield, Book-Steward. — Joseph Bradford
travels with JNIr. Wesley.
Sussea?, Timothy Crowther, John Woodrow, William
Cox.'
Kent, John Pritchard, Thomas Jones, Charles Kyte,
Thomas Wyment.
Colchester, Joseph Harper, Jonathan Crowther, Robert
Miller.
Norwich, Thomas Tattershall, Thomas Broadbent,
Thomas Rogerson, William Green, Thomas
Hutton.
6 Lynn, John Reynolds, John Hickling, Thomas Kelk.
7 Bedford, William Jenkins, John Ramshaw.
8 Northampton, George Gibbon, James M. Byron.
9 Oxfordshire, William Horner, John Cricket, Richard Reece ;
John Murlin, Supernumerary.
10 Gloucestershire, George Baldwin, Simon Day.
11 Worcestershire, John Leech, Lawrence Kane.
12 Sarum, William Thorn, Theophilus Lessey, Michael
Marshall.
13 Isle of Wight, Jasper Winscom, Henry Saunders.
14 Isles of Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney, Robert Carr
Brackenbury, John de Queteville, John
Bredin, William Stevens, William Dieuaide.
15 Bradford, Joseph Sutcliffe, Robert Empringham; John
Furz^ Supernumerary.
16 Bristol, Adam Clarke, George Wadsworth, Samuel
Hodgson; John Valton, James Gore,
Supernumeraries.
17 Shept on- Mallet, John Easton, Joseph Algar.
18 Taunton, Jonathan Cousins, Christopher Watkins.
19 Tiverton, Richard Drew, John Poole.
20 Bideforil, Samuel Bardsley, M. Fenwick.
Thomas AVarwick, Jasper Robinson, Charles
Bland.
John INIason, William Ashman, Benjamin
21 Plymouth,
22 St. Austle,
23 Redruth,
24 St. Ives,
25 Pembroke,
Leggatt.
Benjamin Rhodes, William Holmes, John
M'Geary.
Alexander Suter, Joseph Pescod, Thomas
Dobson, John Sandoe.
William Palmer, James Hall, WiUiara Heath.
26 Glamorganshire, George Button, Wilham Fi-^h.
27 Brecon, Joseph Jerom, William Church, John
M'Kersey.
28 Birmingham, Joseph Benson, George Snowden, William
Thoresby, John Smith.
1789.
219
29 Wolverhampton, Melville Home, Supernumerary; Thomas
Cooper, Jeremiah Brettell.
Hobert Roberts, John Brettell, Abraham
Moseley, John Beaumont.
John Allen, Samuel Gates, Robert Lomas.
Daniel Jackson, Thomas Tennant.
Richard Rodda, Christopher Hopper, Samuel
Bradburn, WiUiam Hunter, jun.
Thomas Hanby, John Wilshaw.
Parson Greenwood, Francis Truscott, John
Denton ; Thomas Brisco, Supernumerary.
William Myles, Henry Taylor, John Tregortha.
George Story, George Lowe.
William Collins, William Bramwell.
William Butterfield, Miles Martindale, James
Christie ; John Watson, Supernumerary.
Joseph Taylor, Thomas Vasey, John Moon.
James Watson, Robert Costerdine, Richard
Seed, John Atkins.
Andrew Inglis, Lancelot Harrison, Thomas
Bartholomew.
William Saunders, Robert Scot, John Riles.
Thomas Carlill, George Mowat, James Evans,
John Kershaw.
45 Gainsborough, Thomas Longley, Thomas Wood, Robert
Hayward.
Robert Swan, William Boothby, William
Saunderson.
Andrew Blair, John Goodwin, Isaac Brown.
Alexander Mather, George Highfield.
30 Burslem,
31 Macclesfield,
33 Stockport,
33 Manchester,
34 Bolton,
35 Chester,
36 Liverpool,
37 Blackburn,
38 Colne,
39 Leicester,
40 Nottingham,
41 Derby,
42 Sheffield,
43 Grimsby,
44 Horncastle,
46 Epworth,
47 Leeds,
48 Wakefield,
49 Huddersfield, Francis Wrigley, John Peacock.
50 Birstal, John Pawson, Joseph Entwisle, James Ridall ;
Thomas Johnson, Supernumerary.
51 Bradford, George Shadford, John Booth.
52 Halifax, William Thompson, John Shaw.
53 Keighley, James Wood, Jonat. Parkin, John Eeanland. - ^ fbi^-iji.
54 Whitehaven, John Crosby, John Barritt. ■f-fr-f-.x'— /i.,.^..;^
55 Isle of Man, George Holder, Jonathan Brown, Mark Willis.
56 York, Edward Jackson, Joseph Thompson, Jonathan
Edmondson.
57 Pocklington, Thomas Dixon, William Percival, Alexander
Kilham.
58 Hull, Thomas Taylor, William Simpson.
59 Scarborough, Duncan Kay, Jonathan Hern, Thomas Dunn.
60 Whitby, James Thorn, William Biagborne.
61 Thirsk, WilUam Dufton, Thomas Shaw, Charles
Tunnyclifre.
62 Yarm, Robert Hopkins, John King.
o-.»o
1789.
63
61
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
The Dales, Thomas Gill, Thomas Wride, John Wittara.
Sunderland, Duncau Wright, John Gaulter, John Stamp.
Newcastle, Charles Atmore, John Ogilvie.
Alnwick, William Hunter, William Stephenson, John
Furness.
EdinburgJi, Joseph Cole, Robert Dall, John Townsend ;
Joseph Cowuley, Supernumerary.
Glasgow, Richard Watkinson, James Bogie, Zachariah
Yewdall.
Dundee, Robert Johnson, Peter Mill.
Aberdeen, Duncan M'AUum, Robert Harrison.
Inverness, John Barber, Samuel Botts, Joseph Cross,
Jonathan Thompson.
Thomas M'Geary, Head jNIastcr of Kingswood School.
Dublin, Thomas Rutherford, Charles Boon.
Wicklow, John Gillis.
Wexford, Thomas Kerr, Robert Smith.
Waterford, Robert Bridge, John West.
Cork, John Kerr, Thomas Roberts.
Bandon, James Rogers, Gustavus Armstrong.
Limerick, Richard Condy, Andrew Jeflcrys, J, M'Quigg.
Birr, William West, John Darragh.
Castlebar, Hugh Moore, Thomas Verner.
Athlone, John Dinnen, Thomas Davis.
Longford, Thomas Barber, John Miller.
S/igo, John Black, ISIichael Murphy.
Ballyconnell, George Brown, Alexander Moore, John
Stephenson; John Price, Supernumerary.
Cavan, Joseph Armstrong, James Irwin.
Clones, Matthew Stewart, William Wilson, Thom.is
Ridgeway.
Brookborough, William M'Cornock, James Lyons, Andrew
Hamilton, sen.
Enniskillen, Thomas Hetherington, Robert M'Cay.
Ballyshannon, Samuel Moorhead, William Hamilton,
Francis Armstrong.
90 Lisleen, James RennicK, Thomas Elliott, Andrew
Hamilton, jun,
Omagh, Samuel Bates, Nebuchadnezzar Lee.
Charlemont, John Crook, James M'Mullen.
Londonderry, John Grace, Thomas Worrell.
Coleraine, David Gordon,Thomas Patterson, Samuel Wood.
Belfast, Samuel JNIitchell, Nehemiah Price, William
Brandon.
Lisburn, Matthias Joyce, William Johnson.
Dotvnpatrick, John Malcomson, Daniel Graham.
Tanderagee, David Barrowclough, Thomas Ilcwett, George
Donovan.
89
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
1789.
221
99 Newry, Walter Griffith, James McDonald,
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. Ninety-eight.
Q. 9. How many of these are to be provided for by the
Circuits ?
A. Seventy-eight: as follows; viz., —
London, S. Moore, Broadbent,
Crowther, Ramshaw.
Kent, S. Pritchard.
Norwich, S. Green.
Lynn, £Q.
Oxfordshire, £Q.
Gloucestershire, S. Day, £Q).
Worcestershire, S. Day, £Q.
Sarura, S. Thorn.
Bradford, S. Empringham.
Bristol, S. Clarke, Hodgson,
Easton, Poole.
Shepton-Mallet, £6.
Tiverton and Taunton^ S.
Cousins.
Plymouth, S. Warwick, Ste-
vens.
St. Austle, S. Church.
Redruth, S. Rhodes, and £Q.
St. Ives, S. Kane.
Birmingham, S. Snowden,
Simpson.
Wolverhampton, S. Brettell.
Burslem, S. Roberts, Beau-
mont.
Macclesfield, S. T. Shaw, and
£6.
Stockport, S. D. Jackson, and
£Q.
Manchester, S. Rodda, Hopper,
Bradburn.
Bolton, S. Story.
Chester, S. Greenwood, and .£6.
Liverpool, S. Myles, H. Taylor,
Beanland.
Blackburn, S. Bramwell, £Q>.
Colne, S. Collins, and to S.
Leicester, S. Butterfield, and
to S, Moon, £Q.
Nottingham, S. (Jos.) Taylor,
and to S. Moon, £Q,
Derby, S. Watson.
Sheffield, S. Inglis, Costerdine,
Boothby.
Grimsb}^, S. Scot.
Horncastle, £Q>.
Gainsborough, S. Longley.
Epworth, S, Swan.
Leeds, S. Blair, Goodwin,
Brown.
Wakefield, S. Mather, Dunn.
Huddersfield, S. Parkin.
Birstal, S. Peacock.
Bradford, S. Booth.
Halifax, S. (John) Shaw.
Keighley, S. Wood.
Isle of Man, S. Holder.
York,S.(Jos.)Thompson,and£3.
Pocklington, S. Percival.
Hull, S. (Thomas! Taylor.
Scarljorough, S. Hern.
Whitby, S. (James) Thom.
Yarm, S. Hopkins.
The Dales, S. Gill, and £G.
Sunderland, S. Hunter, Gaul-
ter, and to S. Ogilvie, £6.
Newcastle, S. Atmore, and to
S. Ogilvie, £6.
Edinburgh, S. Watkinson, £G.
Glasgow, S, Watkinson, £6.
Ireland, S. Rutherford, Boon,
West, Dinnen, (G.) Brown,
Stewart, Rennick, McDonald,
Griffith, and £8.
Bramwell, £6.
Q. 10. How are the other twenty wives to be provided
for?
A. Fifteen, viz., S. Mill, M'Allura, Harper, Horner, Gibbon,
Lessey, Mowat, R. Johnson, Dall, Condy, Crook, Price,
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1789.
Hetherington, Joyce^ and J. Armstront)^, out of the Preachers'
Fund ; and the remaining five, viz., S. Kyte, Stephenson, Atkins,
Crosby, and T. Shaw, by tlie money collected in various
Circuits for the wives, which money will be lodged in the hands
of ]\Ir. Whitfield, London.
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Societies?
A. As follows : —
London
2680
Colne
960
Sussex
268
Leicester
622
Kent -
611
Nottingham -
840
Colchester
290
Derby
742
Norwich )
Yarmouth j
730
Sheffield
- 1670
Grimsby
609
Lvnn
350
Horncastle
640
Bedford
237
Gainsborough
720
Northampton -
370
Epworth
670
Oxfordshire -
650
Leeds
- 2140
Gloucestershire
381
Wakefield -
689
Worcestershire
235
Huddersfield -
866
Sarum
636
Birstal
- 1403
Isle of Jersey
294
Bradford
- 1075
Isles of Guernsey, &c.
105
Halifax
- 1100
Bradford
1290
Keighley
- 1330
Bristol
2203
Whitehaven -
240
Taunton
275
Isle of Man -
- 2569
Tiverton
420
York -
886
Bideford
83
Pockhngton -
800
Plymouth
805
Hull -
684
St. Austle
785
Scarborough -
660
Redruth
1800
Whitby
611
St. Ives
1379
Thirsk
660
Pembroke
163
Yarm
522
Glamorganshire
273
The Dales -
- 1060
Brecon
202
Sunderland -
- 1240
Birmingham -
1260
Newcastle
- 1000
Wolverhampton
548
Berwick )
Dalkeith f
142
Burslem
1280
" J. x<v
Macclesfield -
1060
Edinburgh
348
Stockport
827
Ayr and Dumfries
80
Manchester -
2050
Dundee
137
Bolton
1080
Aberdeen
261
Chester )
Wirrall j
599
Inverness
220
Liverpool
900
In all
56,195
Blackburn
880
Q. 12. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £822. 5s. M.
Q. 13. What children
are adn
litted this year ? .
1789.
223
A. Martin Rodda, Benjamin Peacock, James Wood, James
Kane, Joseph Harper, Peter Morgan.
Q. 14, What can we allow the sons and daughters of the
Preachers out of the Kingswood Collection ?
A. Joseph Goodwin, £6; John Brown, £6; Thomas Ruther-
ford, £6; John Thorn, £6; Francis Lougley, £6 the second
year, Jane Allen, £6 the second year ; Catherine Thompson, £6
the second year ; Sarah Roberts, .€6 the first year ; Elizabeth
Dall, £6 the first year; Mary Ann Brisco, £6 the first year.
Q. 15, What is contributed towards the Preachers^ Fund?
A. £455, 2s. 9d.
Q. 16. What is allowed out of it?
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
A. To Thomas
Elizabeth Dillon
- 12
0
0
Westell
30
0
0
Sarah Barry
- 24
0
0
William Whitaker
20
0
0
Sarah Nay lor
- 10
0
0
Matthew Lowes -
5
0
0
Sarah Hosmer
- 10
0
0
Thomas Hanson -
12
0
0
Sarah Mitchell
- 20
0
0
John Furz
12
0
0
Ehzabeth Jaco
- 12
0
0
John Watson
12
0
0
John Price
- 12
0
0
Ann Morgan
24
0
0
S. Corbet
- 24
0
0
S. Robert sh aw
12
0
0
Thomas Johnson
- 6
0
0
Lucia Bourke
15
0
0
Fifteen Wives
- 180
0
0
Mary Penington -
Sarah Shorter
12
12
0
0
0
0
In all
£188
0
0
Catherine Garnet -
12
0
0
Q. 17. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £1,125. 155, 10^,
Q. 18. How was it expended ?
£. s. d.
A. Last year's )
Deficiencies j
This year's Con- )
tingencies j
For the Defici--
encies of the
Preachers and
their families
in Ireland
For the Defici-^
encies of the f
Preachers and >
their families I
in Scotland -^
For the Defici-'^
encies of the f
Preachers, &c., C
in Wales )
263 16 4
100 0 0
118 1 8
106 0 0
46 14 0
For the Defici-^
encies of the f
Preachers and >
their families \
in England -^
Law
Houses, (several '
of the sums
granted under
this article,
have been
long due)
£.
297 8 4
- 171 15 6
- 122 0 0
In all
J
£1,225 15 10
224 1789.
Q. 19. What directions are to be given concerning the
building of preaching-houses?
A. We do not permit any preaching-house to be built this
year, except one at Dewsbury, and those ^vhich have already
been begun or set on foot.
Q. 20. Are there any directions to be given to the Preachers ?
A. 1. Let the Rules of the Society be read in every Society
once a quarter.
2. No person shall be admitted into the love-feasts without
a Society-ticket, or a note from the Assistant.
3. Every watch-night shall continue till midnight.
4. The money collected at the love-feasts shall be most con-
scientiously given to the poor.
5. It is advised that no Preacher go out to supper, or be from
home after nine at night.
Q. 21. We are frequently reproached with the dress of our
Preachers' children : how ought they to dress ?
A. Exactly according to the rules of the Bands.
Q. 22. Are there any directions to be given concerning the
books?
A. No books are to be published without Mr. Wesley's
sanction ; and those which are approved of by him shall be
printed in his press in London, and sold by his book-keeper.
Q. 23. Are there any directions to be given concerning
Scotland ?
A. Only one Preacher is to come in future to the Conference
from Scotland, except those who ai'e to be admitted into full
connexion.
Q. 24. What directions ai*e to be given concerning the
building of a new preaching-house at Dewsbury ?
A. Let every Assistant make a private and public collection
in his Circuit, for the purpose, as soon as possible.
Q. 25. When and where is our next Conference to be held?
A. In Bristol, on the last Tuesday in July, 1790.
Leeds, July 29, 1789.
Whereas it has been affirmed, that many of our itinerant
Preachers disapprove of settling the preaching-houses upon the
Methodist plan : we whose names are underwritten do hereby
certify, that we entirely approve of the settling all our preaching-
houses on the said plan.
John Wesley, Thomas Coke, Alexander Mather, John
Pawson, Joseph Bradford, William Thompson, John Easton,
George Story, Thomas Rankin, Christopher Hopper, Thomas
Wride, John Mason, John Valton, Richard Rodda, D. Wright,
Francis Wrigley, Thomas Johnson, Peter Mill, John Pritchard,
Thomas Rutherford, Daniel Jackson, Joseph Taylor, H. Moore,
Charles Atmore, John Peacock, John Gaulter, Robert Dall,
1789.
225
Joseph Cole, William Myles, Andrew Inglis, George Highfield,
Jonathan Edmondsou, William Thom, John Crosby, James
Thom, Charles Bland, William Saunders, Thomas Carhll,
William Boothby, Parson Greenwood, John Booth, Samuel
Bradburn, John Atkins, William Thoresby, Thomas M'Geary,
Robert Swan, James Watson, John King, John Goodwin,
Lawrence Kane, George Snowden, John Broadbent, Robert
Roberts, Zachariah Yewdall, Robert Hopkins, George Gibbon,
Thomas Cooper, Jonathan Cousins, William Simpson, John
Shaw, Joseph Benson, Thomas Taylor^ Andrew Blair, William
Collins, James Wood, Thomas Dixon, Henry Taylor, Thomas
Vasey, William Dufton, Thomas Brisco, William Blagborne,
John Beaumont, Isaac Brown, William Horner, George Holder,
Alexander Kilhara, Lancelot Harrison, Thomas Longley,
Thomas Shaw, Samuel Bai'dsle}'', William Palmer, John
Reynolds, Thomas Tattershall, John Smith, Thomas Gill, John
Stamp, John Leech, Thomas Bartholomew, Joseph Entwisle,
William Stevenson, Richard Drew, James Ridall, Jonathan
Crowther, William Bramwell, Jonathan Parkin, Christopher
Watkins, John Allen, Joseph Harper, James M. Byron, Edward
Jackson, William Hunter, Timothy Crowther, William Stevens,
Duncan Kay, Thomas Dunn, William Hunter, Robert
Costerdine, Joseph Pescod, John Barritt, Jasper Robinson,
Thomas Dobson, George Baldwin, Samuel Hodgson, W,
Percival, Simon Day.
SUBSCRIBED TOWARDS A NEW PREACHING-HOUSE
AT DEWSBURY.
£.
s.
d.
£. s.
d.
John Wesley
50
0
0
Christopher Watkins
1 1
0
Thomas Coke
50
0
0
William Thom
0 5
0
Thomas Rankin -
5
5
0
William Holmes -
0 10
6
Wm. Thompson -
3
3
0
John Easton
0 10
6
Henry Moore
1
1
0
Wm. Hunter, jun.
0 10
6
Joseph Bradford -
1
1
0
John Broadbent -
1 1
0
George Whitfield -
1
1
0
Thomas M 'Geary -
1 1
0
John Robinson, )
Burslem j
5
5
0
Thomas Tennant -
1 1
0
Thomas Warwick -
0 10
6
Timothy Crowther
0
10
6
John Valton
10 10
0
Thomas Taylor
1
1
0
Jonathan Cousins -
0 10
6
Joseph Harper
0
5
0
Richard Drew
0 10
6
Thomas Tattershall
0
10
6
Lawrence Kane -
1 1
0
John Reynolds
0
10
6
John Mason
0 10
6
R. Empringham -
0
5
0
Thomas Cooper
1 1
0
William Horner -
0
10
6
Samuel Bardsley -
0 10
6
Joseph Pescod
0
10
6
William Fish
0 10
6
Cliarles Bland
0
10
6
George Shadford -
1 1
0
Robert Hopkins -
1
1
0
William Palmer -
0 10
6
Vol. L
(
a
226
1789.
£. s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
"William Stevens -
0 5
0
John Goodwin
0
10
6
Andrew Blair
0 10
6
John Shaw
1
1
0
John Leech
1 1
0
James Wood
0
10
6
Richard Rodda
1 1
0
T. Bartholomew -
0
10
6
Thomas Shaw
0 10
G
W. Blagborne
2
2
0
Thomas Dobson -
0 10
6
Thomas Wride
1
1
0
John Allen
1 1
0
George Holder
0
10
6
George Highfield -
1 1
0
John Smith
0
10
6
Thomas Rutherford
0 5
0
John Gaulter
0
5
0
William Dufton -
0 10
6
W. Stephenson
0
10
6
George Snowden -
0 10
6
Jasper Robinson -
0
10
6
Parson Greenwood
0 5
0
William Percival -
0
5
0
Robert Roberts -
0 10
6
Thomas Dunn
0
5
0
Thomas Brisco
0 10
6
Jou. Edmondsou -
0
5
0
Daniel Jackson
0 10
6
Thomas Dixon
0
10
6
Henry Taylor
0 10
6
Isaac Brown
0
5
0
George Story
0 10
6
Alexander Kilham
1
1
0
Thomas Vasey
1 1
0
James Thom
1
1
0
Charles Atmore -
1 1
0
John King
0
10
6
James Ridall
0 5
0
Duncan Kay
0
5
0
James Watson
0 10
6
John Crosby
1
1
0
Joseph Taylor
1 1
0
William Simpson -
0
5
0
Thomas Hanby
0 10
6
William Saunders -
0
5
0
George Gibbon
1 1
0
Thomas Gill
0
5
0
Robert Costerdine
0 10
6
WilHam Hunter -
1
1
0
Edward Jackson -
1 1
0
Duncan Wright -
1
1
0
Andrew Inglis
0 5
0
Peter Mill
0
10
6
Thomas Longley -
0 5
0
John Stamp
1
1
0
Thomas Carlill -
1 1
0
Zachariah Yewdall
1
1
0
Lancelot Harrison
1 1
0
Jonathan Crowther
0
10
6
Robert Swan
0 5
0
John Barber
0
10
6
James Christie
0 10
6
Joseph Cole
1
1
0
John Atkins
0 10
6
Robert Dall
0
5
0
John Pawson
5 5
0
John Barritt
1
1
0
John Peacock
0 10
6
William Myles
1
1
0
WilHara Collins -
0 10
6
James M. Byron -
0
10
6
Alexander Mather
1 1
0
John Beaumont -
0
5
0
Jonathan Parkin -
0 10
6
Marmaduke Pawson
1
1
0
Francis Wrigley -
1 1
0
Simon Day
0
5
0
William Bramwell
0 10
6
George Baldwin -
0
10
6
William Boothby -
1 1
0
Samuel Bradburn -
1
1
0
Joseph Entwisle -
0 10
6
John Pritchard
1
1
0
William Thoresby-
0 10
6
John Booth
0 10
6
^£208
8
0
Thomas Johnson -
1 1
0
1790. 227
BRISTOL, Tuesday, July 27, 1790.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. George Baldwin, William Heath, Duncan Kay, Abraham
Moseley, Joseph Sutcliffe, William Thoresby, James Evans,
Thomas Roberts, John M 'Kersey, William Fish, Thomas Jones,
Thomas Gill, Theophilus Lessey, John Townsend, Samuel
Bates, David Gordon, John Gillis, Samuel Moorhead, and John
Grace.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
. A. Thomas Broadbeut, William Stevens, Jonathan
Edmondson, Thomas Wood, Samuel Gates, John Stamp, John
Woodrow, John Sandoe, Richard Reece, Michael Marshall,
Joseph Entwisle, Francis Truscott, Richard Drew, Thomas
Rogerson, Thomas Wyment, John Wilshaw, George Lowe,
Henry Taylor, John Hickling, Charles Tunnyclitfe, John
Furness, Thomas Kelk, Thomas Dobson, Jasper Winscom,
William Jenkins, William Cox, William Saunderson, Henry
Saunders, Robert Lomas, John Ramshaw, Miles Martindale,
Thomas Hutton, John Kershaw, John Nelson, John Denton,
Robert Crowther, Robert Smith, John Grant, John Beaumont,
Robert Miller, WiDiam Stephenson, Mark Willis, John Riles,
James Anderson, William Johnson, John Darragh, Francis
Armstrong, William M'Cornock, Thomas Hewett, John
Malcorason, Thomas Kerr, James Lyons, James M'Mullen,
Alexander Moore, Matthew Stewart, Thomas Elliott, Andrew
Hamilton, Robert Smith, and William Hamilton.
Q. 3, Who are admitted on trial?
A. Owen Davies, Edward Gibbons, George Sargent, John
Braithwaite, Thomas Simmonite, Joseph Burgess, William
Hainsworth, Richard Elliott, George Sykes, James Lawton,
Thomas Trethewey, John S. Pipe, Samuel Taylor, William
Shelmerdine, John Dean, John Boyle, Thomas Harrison, John
Doncaster, Booth Newton, John Saunderson, John Simpson,
Thomas Greaves, and John Grant.
Q. 4. Who has died this year?
A. James Gore. He was a young man of good understanding,
great sweetness of temper, and eminent piety : and his end was
glorious. He poured out his blood and his soul together.*
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers ?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 6. Who have desisted from travelling?
A. Robert Scot, William Church.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year ?
A. As follows : —
* He died vomiting blood.
Q 2
228
1790.
6 Norwich,
7 Diss,
8 Lynn,
9 Burp,
10 Bedford,
1 London, John "Wesley, Thomas Coke, James Creighton,
Peard Dickinson, James Rogers, John
Broadbent, Duncan Wright; Thomas
Rankin, Supernumerary ; George Whit-
field, Book-Steward. — Joseph Bradford
travels with Mr. Wesley.
2 Sussex, Charles Kyte, Thomas Rogerson, Robert
Miller.
3 Chatham, John Pritchard, Thomas Greaves.
4 Canterbury, Charles Boon, William Cox, John S. Pipe.
5 Colchester, William Ashman, Robert Crowther; Mark
Willis, Supernumerary.
John Reynolds, John Hickling, Thomas Jones,
James Lawton.
Thomas Carlill, William Shelmerdine.
Thomas Tattershall, Joseph Harper, Thomas
Simmonite.
Thomas Broadbent, Joseph Jerom.
William Jenkins, Owen Davies, Edward
Gibbons.
11 Northampton, John Leech, James M. Byron, William
Saunders.
12 Oxfordshire, William Horner, Joseph Sutcliffe, Jasper
Winscom; John Murlin, Supernu-
merary.
13 Gloucestershire, John Mason, Simon Day.
14 Worcestershire, William Palmer, Lawrence Kane.
15 Sarum, William Holmes, Joseph Algar.
16 Portsmouth, John Easton, William Stevens, Henry
Saunders.
17 Isle of Jersey, John Bredin, John de Queteville.
18 Isle of Guernsey, ^c, William Dieuaide, Thomas Kelk.
19 Bradford, George Snowden, William Thoresby, Michael
Marshall ; John Furz, Supernumerary.
20 Bristol, Henry Moore, Alexander Suter, Thomas
Roberts ; John Valton, Supernumeraiy.
Thomas M'Geary, Head-Master of Kingswood School.
21 Shepton-Mallet, Jonathan Cousins, George Wadsworth,
Thomas Wyraent.
22 Taunton, Christopher Watkins, Theophilus Lessey.
23 Tiverton, Richard Drew, Joseph Pescod.
24 Bideford, Samuel Bardsley, Thomas Wride.
25 Plymouth, Thomas Warwick, John Smith, Abraham
Moseley.
26 St. Austle, Benjamin Rhodes, Charles Bland, John
Boyle.
27 Redruth, Timothy Crowther, Jonathan Crowther,
Thomas Dobsou.
1790.
28 St. Ives, Richard Watkinson, Robert Empringliam,
Benjamin Leggatt, Thomas Trethewey.
29 Pembroke, John IN'PKersey, James Hall.
30 Glamorgan, George Button^ William Heath, John Dean,
31 Brecon, William Fish, John Cricket.
32 Birmingham, Joseph Benson, George Gibbon, George
Baldwin, Francis Truscott.
33 Wolverhampton, Jeremiah Brettell, Robert Lomas; Melville
Home, Supernumerary.
34 Burslem, Robert Roberts, Thomas Cooper, Samuel
Gates, Charles Tunnycliffe.
35 Macclesfield, Andrew Inglis^ George Shadford, William
Dufton.
Daniel Jackson, Thomas Hutton.
Richard Rodda, Samuel Bradburn, Thomas
Tennant, Charles Bond.
Thomas Hanby, James Ridall.
Parson Greenwood, Richard Seed, John
Wilshaw.
William Myles, John Beaumont, John Denton,
Joseph Burgess.
James Thorn, John Nelson.
Thomas Longley, William Bramwell, William
Hains worth.
William Butterfield, Robert Costerdine,
Thomas Dunn.
John Moon, Miles Martindale, Richard
Elliott.
Joseph Taylor, William Hunter, jun., John
Sandoe, George Sykes.
Francis Wrigley, Lancelot Harrison, Henry
Taylor.
Jasper Robinson, John Peacock, James Evans.
John King, George Mowat, John Riles,
George Sargent.
49 Gainsborough, William Collins, Thomas Wood, William
Saunderson; Robert Carr Brackenbury,
Supernumerary.
Isaac Brown, Thomas Shaw, John Ramshaw.
James Wood, John Goodwin, Samuel
Hodgson.
Alexander Mather, Supernumerary; George
Highfield, Richard Reece.
53 Huddersfield, George Story, Robert Smith,
54 Birstal, John Pawson, William Percival, Samuel
Taylor; Thomas Johnson, Supernumerary,
55 Bradford, John Allen, Jonathan Edmondson.
56 Halifax, William Thompson, Joseph Entwisle,
36 Stockport,
37 Manchester,
38 Bolton,
39 Chester,
40 Liverpool,
41 Blackburn,
42 Colne,
43 Leicester,
44 Nottingham,
45 Derby,
46 Sheffield,
47 Grimsby,
48 Horncastle,
50 Epworth,
51 Leeds,
52 Wakefield,
230
1790.
57 Keiffhley,
58 Otley,
59 Whitehaven,
60 Isle of Man,
61 York,
62 Pocklington,
63 //m//,
64 Scarborough,
65 Whitby,
66 7%ir5A:,
67 Farm,
68 The Dales,
69 Sunderland,
70 Newcastle,
71 Alnwick,
72 Edinburgh,
73 Glasgow,
74i Campbelton,
75 Dumfries,
76 /fe/50,
77 Dundee,
78 Aberdeen,
79 Inverness,
80 Dublin,
81 Wicklow,
82 Carlow,
83 Waterford,
84 Cor^,
85 Bandon,
86 Limerick,
87 Kerry,
88 5i7T,
89 Castlebar,
90 Athlone,
91 Longford,
92 -S%o,
John Booth, John Grant.
Jonathan Parkin, John Atkins.
John Crosby, John Kershaw.
Jonathan Brown, John Barritt, "VViUiam
FrankUn.
Edward Jackson, Robert Hayward, Thomas
Bartholomew.
William Thorn, Thomas Gill, Duncan Kay.
Thomas Taylor, John Shaw.
Robert Swan, John Beanland, John Simpson.
Thomas Dixon, Alexander Kilham.
James Watson, George Lowe, William
Stephenson.
Robert Hopkins, Booth Newton.
George Holder, Jonathan Hern,
Wittam ; William Blagborne,
numerary.
John Gaulter, Joseph Thompson,
Furness.
Charles Atmore, John Brettell;
Cownley, Supernumerary.
John Stamp, John Ogilvie.
Joseph Cole, Thomas Vasey, Zachariah
Yewdall.
William Hunter, James Bogie,
Braithwaite.
Robert Harrison.
Samuel Botts.
Robert Dall.
Robert Johnson,
Doncaster.
Duncan M^Allum, John Townsend.
John Barber, Thomas Harrison,
Anderson, John Saunderson.
Adam Clarke, Thomas Rutherford.
Thomas Kerr, John Hurley.
Thomas Barber, John Gillis.
Walter Griffith, James Lyons, jun.
Andrew Blair, John Kerr.
William West, John Woodrow, Andrew
Hamilton, jun.
Matthias Joyce, James M'Quigg.
Charles Graham.
David Gordon, James Hurley.
John Darragh, Thomas Patterson.
Richard Condy, James Irwin.
Thomas Davis, John Miller.
James Rennick, Daniel Graham.
John
Super-
John
Joseph
John
Peter Mill, John
James
1790. 231
93 Ballyconnell, Matthew Stewart, William Wilson, William
Ferguson ; John Price, Supernumerary.
94 Cavan, Samuel Moorhead, William Hamilton,
Thomas Ridgeway.
95 Clones, William M'Cornock, Thomas Hewett, William
Brandon.
96 Brookborough, William Johnson, Thomas EUiott, Thomas
Brown; Andrew Hamilton, sen.. Super-
numerary.
97 Enniskillen, Joseph Armstrong, George Donovan.
98 Bally shannon, Robert Smith, John Graham, Archibald
Murdoch.
99 Lisleen, George Brown, Alexander Moore.
100 Omagh, Michael Murphy, John Stephenson.
101 Charlemont, John Dinnen, John Malcomson ; Samuel
Bates, Supernumerary.
102 Londonderry, David Barrowclough, William Smith.
103 Coleraine, John Grace, James M'MuUen.
104 Belfast, Thomas Hetherington, Thomas Verner.
105 Lishurn, Samuel Mitchell, Gustavus Armstrong.
106 Downpatrick, Francis Armstrong, Thomas Byan.
107 Tanderagee, John Crook, John Cross, Samuel Steele.
108 Newi'y, James McDonald, Samuel Wood.
AMERICA.
THE WEST INDIES.
109 Antigua, William Warrener, John Harper.
110 Barbadoes, Benjamin Pearce.
111 St. Vincent's, John Baxter, Matthew Lumb.
112 St. Christopher' s,\^ohert Gamble, George Skerritt,
113 Nevis, j Thomas Owens.
114 Tortola, William Brazier, John M'Vean.
115 Jamaica, William Hammett.
New Missionaries, James Lyons, Thomas W^orrell.
NOVA SCOTIA AND NEWFOUNDLAND.
116 Halifax, James Wray, John Mann,"^
117 Liverpool, James Mann, Elders ; f William Black,
118 Cumberland, Thomas Whitehead, t presiding Eider.
Preacher. J
119 Newfoundland, John M 'Geary.
THE UNITED STATES.
Superintendents. Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury.
120 Washington, Moses Park, Elder;'
Wyat Andrews.
121 Richmond, Matthew Harris, Wheeler
Grissom.
122 Burke, Hope Hull, Bennet Maxey.
123 Augusta, James Conner.
Richard Ivey,
presiding Elder.
I-
Beverley Allen,
Elder.
232
1790.
124 Cherokee, John Andrew, Philip
Matthews.
125 Seleuda, John Crawford,
126 Broad River, Mich. Burdge, "William
M'Doweil.
127 Bush River, William Gassaway.
128 Santee, Mark Moore, John Russell.
129 Edisto, Isaac Smith, Lemuel
Andrews.
130 Charleston,
131 Great Pee-Dee, Aquila Suggs, Hardy
Herbert.
132 Little Pee-Dee, Thomas Humphries,
Lemuel Moore.
133 Anson, John Ellis, Jonathan Jackson..
134 Bladen,
135 New Hope, Thomas Anderson, Doily
Baird.
136 East New River, Jeremiah Maston,
Daniel Locket.
137 Tar River, Charles Hardy, Micaijah
Tracy, Miles Smith.
138 Pamlico, James Park.
139 Roan Oak, Henry Merritt, Edward
West, Jonathan Bird.
140 Casivell, Thomas Ware, Henry
Leadbeater.
141 Guildford, Isaac Lowe, Benjamin
Carter.
143 Salisbury, Sihon Smith, Julius
Conner, Josiah Askew.
143 Yadkin, Daniel Asbury, John
M'Gee.
144 Holstein, John Baldwin, Mark
Whitaker.
145 West New River, Jeremiah Abel, Jo-
seph Doddridge.
146 Green Brier, James Biggin, Jesse
Richardson.
147 Bottetourt, Henry Ogburn.
148 Halifax, David Haggard, William
Moss, AVilliam Heath.
149 Mecklenburg, John Paup.
150 Bedford, Richard Pope.
151 Cumberland, John Barker, William
M'Kendree.
152 Amelia, John Easter, Elder; John
Fore.
Reuben Ellis,
presiding Elder.
Ira Ellis, Elder.
Edward Morris,
presiding Elder.
John Tunnell,
presiding Elder.
^ James O'Kelly,
presiding Elder.
1790.
233
160 Hanover,
161 Orange,
164 Berkley,
165 Fairfax,
166 Lancaster,
153 Brunswick, Jer. Miuter, INI. Green.
154 Sussex, Stephen Johnson, Stephen
Davies, John Linclsey.
155 Grenville, James Mechem.
156 Bertie, H. Birchett, J. Nicholson.
157 Camden, Rice Haggard, Daniel
Southall.
158 Portsmouth, Archer Davis, Lewis
Dawson.
159 Williamsburg, John Robertson, William
Spencer.
Thomas Weatherford,
Christopher Mooring.
Thomas Hardy, Salathiel
Weeks, Benjamin Barns. .
162 Rockingham, Samuel Breeze.
163 Alleghany, Ja. Thomas, J. Hutt.
T. Fleming, B. Brown.
Thomas Bowen, John
Chalmers, Benjamin
Snelling.
Garret Thompson, Isaac
Lunsford.
167 Gloucester, Lewis Chastaiu, Valentine
Cook, Thomas Scot.
Philip Cox, Elder and
Book-Steward.
168 Calvert, L. Martin, R. Green.
169 Annapolis, Ezekiel Cooper.
170 Baltimore, John Haggerty, Elder.
171 FelVs Point, Thomas Foster, Elder.
172 Montgomery, James Wilson, John
Childs.
173 Frederick, John Hill.
174 Bath, Geo. Haggerty, Josh. Wells.
175 Huntingdon, Michael Leard, Thomas
Workman.
176 Little York, Jon. Forrest, Elder.
177 Hartford, J. Allen, J. Rowen.
178 Baltimore Circuit, Bent. Riggin.
179 Cecil, Geo. Moore, Ben. Roberts.
180 Kent, Matthew Greentree, Walter
Fountain.
181 Talbot, J. Smith, J. Milbourn.
182 Dorset, J. Jarrell, A. Banning.
183 Annamessex, William Ward.
184 Somerset, Eliph. Reed, Griffin Cal-
laghan.
James O'Kelly,
presiding Elder.
Philip Bruce,
presiding Elder.
Nelson Reed,
presiding Elder.
Richard What-
coat, presiding
Elder.
234
1790.
185 Northampton, Christ. Spry, Jeremiah
Causdea.
186 Carolina, R. Sparks, J. Benson.
187 Milford, Thomas Jackson, William
Ratcliff.
188 Dover Circuit, W. Thomas, L. Ross.
189 Dover and Duck-Creek, J. Brush.
190 Wilmington, William Jessop.
191 Chester, William Dogharty, James
Campbell.
192 Philadelphia, J. Dickins, Elder and
Book-Steward.
193 Bristol, Robert Cann.
194 Clarksburff, Jacob Lurton, Lastly
Matthews.
195 Bedstone, J. Simmonds, N. Sebrcll.
196 Pittsburgh, Charles Connoway, Pem-
berton Smith.
197 Ohio, R. Pearson, Tho. Carrol.
198 Salem, Sim. Pyle, J. Johnson,
Sylvester Hutchinson.
199 Trenton^ Joseph Cromwell, Elder;
Richard Swain.
200 Burlington, John M'Claskey, William
Jackson.
201 Flanders^ Aaron Hutchinson, Daniel
Combes.
202 Elizabeth Town, John Merrick, John
Cooper.
203 Newburg^ Nathaniel Mills, Andrew
Harpending.
204 Neiv York, Robert Cloud, Elder ; John'
Merrick, W. Phebus,
each for four months.
205 Long Island, William Phebus, John
Lee.
206 New Boche/le, Peter Moriarty, Lemuel
Smith.
207 Dutchess, Samuel Talbot, Benjamin
Abbott.
208 Columbia, J. Bloodgood, Samuel
Wigton.
209 Cambridge, Darius Dunham.
210 Lake Champlain, David Kendall, Wm.
Losee.
211 Coeman's Patent, J. Crawford.
212 Standford, Jesse Lee, Andrew Van
Nostrand.
Joseph Everitt,
Elder.
Henry WilHs,
presiding Elder.
Lemuel Green,
presiding Elder.
James Oliver
Cromwell, pre-
siding Elder.
Thomas Morrel,
Elder.
Freeborn Garrett-
^ son, presiding
Elder.
1790.
235
213 Schenectady, Lemuel Smith, Cornelius ) Freeborn Garrett-
Cook. I son, pres. Elder.
314 Lexington, James Haw, Elder ; Wilson "j
Lee, Steph. Brooks. Francis Pov-
215 Dansville, Barn, M'Keudree, Peter I , , -i
' ' > thress, presid-
ing Elder.
y
Massey.
216 Cumberland, Tho. Williamson, Joshua
Hartley.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. Ninety-eight.
Q. 9. How many of these are to be provided for by the
Circuits ?
j4. Eighty-two : as follows ; viz., —
Loudon, S. Broadbent, Kyte,
Davis, Boon.
Sussex, £3.
Chatham, ) g. Pritchard.
Canterbury, )
Norwich, S. Reynolds.
Lynn, S. Tattershall.
Oxfordshire, £6.
Gloucestershire, ) a -rj
Worcestershire, j * ^'
Portsmouth, S. Easton.
Bradford, S. Snowden.
Bristol, S. Moore, Kane,
Stevens, Poole.
Shepton-Mallet, S. Cousins.
TiTerto"; js.Empringham.
Plymouth, S. Warwick,
Horner.
St. Austle, S. Rhodes.
Redruth, S. (Tim.) Crowther,
and £6.
St. Ives, S. Watkinson.
Birmingham, S. Benson,
Gibbon.
Wolverhampton, S. Brettell.
Burslem, S. Roberts.
Macclesfield, S. Inglis, and £6.
Stockport, S. Jackson.
Manchester, S. Rodda, Brad-
bum, Shelmerdine.
Bolton, S. Ridall.
Chester, S, Greenwood.
Liverpool, S. Beaumont, Har-
per, Lessey.
Blackburn, S. (Jam.) Thom.
Colne, S. Longley, and £Q.
Leicester, S, Butterfield, £6.
Nottingham, S. Moon, and £6.
Derby, S. Taylor.
Sheffield, S. (Hen.) Taylor,
Ramshaw, Costerdine.
Grimsby, S. Peacock.
Horncastle, £6.
Gainsborough, S. Collins.
Epworth, S. Brown.
Leeds, S. Wood, Goodwin,
Hodgson.
Wakefield, S. Dunn, Tunny-
chfi'e.
Huddersfield, S. Story.
Birstal, S. Percival.
Bradford, S. Bramwell.
Halifax, S. Mowat.
Keighley, ) c-
Otley, r-
Isle of Man, S. (Jon.) Brown.
York, S. Gill.
Pocklington, S. (Wm.) Thom.
Hull, S. (Thos.) Taylor.
Scarborough, S. Swan.
Whitby, S. Beanland.
Yarm, S. Hopkins.
The Dales, S. Holder, and £6.
Sunderland, S. Gaulter, Thomp-
son, Hunter.
Newcastle, S. Atmore, (John)
Brettell.
Edinburgh, ) © -n •
^1 *= ' > S. Bogie.
Glasgow, ) °
Booth.
236
1790.
Condy, Rennick, Stewart ;
and Steplieuson^ £6.
Ireland, S. Clarke, Blair,
Rutherford, Griffith, West,
Joyce, Graham, Dinnen,
N.B. — S, Parkin, ]\Iartindale, Atkins, and Ogilvie, are to
receive their salaries from the money that is to be collected in
the Circuits above-mentioned ; which money is to be lodged in
the hands of Mr. Whitfield.
Q. 10. How are the other twelve wives — viz., S. Dall, Johnson,
Mill, M'Allum, (Jas.) Watson, Price, Armstrong, Brown, Smith,
Hetherington, Crook, and M'Donald — to be provided for?
A. Out of the Pi'eachers' Fund.
N.B. The money will be lodged in Mr. Whitfield's hands.
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Societies?
A. As follows : —
London
2740
Bolton -
- 1152
Sussex -
249
Chester
- 604
Kent -
570
Liverpool
- 1020
Colchester
300
Blackburn
- 930
Norwich
900
Colne -
- 976
Lynn . - -
385
Leicester
- 775
Bedford
376
Nottingham
- 910
Northampton -
406
Derby -
- 736
Oxfordshire
636
Sheffield
- 1690
Gloucestershire
354
Grimsby
- 584
Worcestershire
339
Horncastle
- 643
Sarum-
556
Gainsborough -
- 585
Isle of Wight -
150
Epworth
- 697
Isles of Jersey, Guern- )
sey, and Alderney j
498
Leeds -
- 2157
Wakefield
- 706
Bradford
730
Huddersfield -
-• 846
Shepton-Mallet
880
Birstal-
- 1266
Bristol-
1841
Bradford
- 1085
Taunton
226
Halifax
- 1111
Tiverton
380
Keighley
- 1480
Bideford
140
Whitehaven
- 302
Plymouth
804
Isle of Man -
- 2580
St, Austle
762
York -
- 880
Redruth
1840
Pocklington
- 830
St. Ives
1391
Hull -
- 665
Pembroke
159
Scarborough -
- 652
Glamorganshire
240
Whitby
- 582
Brecon
167
Thirsk -
- 674
Birmingham -
1400
Yarm -
- 525
Wolverhampton
559
The Dales
- 980
Burslem
1400
Sunderland
- 1300
Macclesfield
1090
Newcastle
- 700
Stockport
830
Alnwick
- 290
Manchester
2060
Edinburgh
- 204
1790.
237
Glasgow
_
300
Dundee
-
132
Aberdeen
-
260
Inverness
-
190
Dublin
-
1040
Wicklow
_
117
Wexford
_
260
Waterford
_
186
Cork -
_
660
Bandon
_
250
Limerick
„
330
Birr -
_ _
240
Castlebar
«
155
Athlone
-
560
Longford
Sligo -
-
450
371
Ballyconnell
Cavan -
-
875
580
Clones -
_
800
Brookborough
Enniskillen
L -
800
530
Bally shannon
Lisleen
-
838
520
Omagh
-
290
Charlemont
-
1023
Londonderry
Coleraine
-
300
440
Belfast-
-
560
Lisburn
-
380
Downpatrick
Tanderagee
-
340
856
Newry -
t
355
Total
ri,463
AMERICA.
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Nova Scotia and New-
foundland,
Whites -
600
Blacks
200
Antigua, Whites and
Mulattoes -
70
Blacks
2180
Barbadoes, Whites
10
Blacks
47
St. Vincent's
, Whites -
13
Blacks -
350
Nevis, Coloured people -
200
St.Christopher's, Whites
and Mulattoes - 280
Blacks 500
Tortola, Coloured people 900
Total
5,350
THE UNITED STATES
Georgia.
Washington, Whites -
900
Blacks
148
Hichmoncl, Whites
545
Blacks
30
Burke, Whites
297
Blacks
4
Augusta, Whites
87
South Carolina.
Cherokee, Whites
78
Blacks
10
Seleuda, Whites
231
Blacks
11
Broad Hiver, Whites -
411
Blacks -
18
Edisto, Whites
340
Blacks
25
Charleston, Whites
52
Blacks
69
Cainhoy, Whites
27
Blacks
12
Santee, Whites
420
Blacks
63
Anson, Whites
561
Blacks
23
Great Pee-Dee, Whites
369
Blacks
39
Little Pee-Dee, Whites
598
Blacks
20
North Carolina.
Tar Biver, Whites
878
Blacks
131
Bladeu, Whites
34
East New Biver, Whites
730
Blacks
420
Roan Oak, Whites
758
Blacks
321
Caswell, Whites
351
Blacks
43
238
1790.
New Hope, Whites
527
Fairfax, Whites
474
Blacks
31
Blacks
76
Guildford, Whites
410
Berkley, Whites
325
Blacks
22
Blacks
3G
Salisbury, Whites
480
Alleghany, Whites
499
Blacks
27
Blacks
21
Yadkin, Whites
345
Rockingham, Whites -
79
Blacks
7
Blacks -
Bertie, Whites -
510
Northampton, Whites -
360
Blacks -
20
Blacks -
84
Camden, Whites
424
Lexington, Whites
402
Blacks
85
Blacks
21
Cumberland, Whites -
225
DansviUe, Whites
410
Virginia.
Blacks
30
Holstein, Whites
411
Maryland.
Blacks
9
Bath, Whites -
400
West New River, Whites
299
Blacks -
34
Blacks
6
Frederick, Whites
322
Greenbrier, Whites
222
Blacks
56
Blacks
5
Montgomery, Whites -
648
Bottetourt, Whites
40
Blacks -
103
Halifax, Whites
470
Annapohs, Whites
128
Blacks
54
Blacks
141
Portsmouth, Whites
480
Calvert, Whites
943
Blacks
473
Blacks
909
Sussex, Whites
1300
Baltimore, Whites
719
Blacks
508
Blacks
218
Brunswick, Whites
1182
Hertford, Whites
451
Blacks
318
Blacks
110
Amelia, W^hites
754
Cecil, Whites -
257
Blacks
154
Blacks -
252
Mecklenburg, Whites -
692
Kent, Whites -
616
Blacks -
98
Blacks -
637
Cumberland, Whites -
394
Talbot, Whites
1006
Blacks
10
Blacks
608
Bedford, Whites
221
Dorset, Whites
685
Blacks
20
Blacks
347
Orange, Whites
616
Annamessex, Whites -
135
Blacks
71
Blacks -
10
Hanover, Whites
497
Somerset, Whites
400
Blacks
183
Blacks
48
Williamsburg, Whites
274
Caroline, Whites
705
Blacks
50
Blacks
229
Gloucester, Whites
657
Blacks
62
Delaware and Pens.
Lancaster, Whites
630
Dover, Whites -
509
Blacks
244
Blacks -
227
1790.
239
Chester, Whites - 228
Blacks - 18
Wilmington, Whites - 4B
Blacks - 19
Bristol, Whites - 51
Blacks - 2
Little York, Whites - 151
Philadelphia, Whites - 256
Blacks - 17
Huntingdon, Whites - 185
Blacks - 4
Redstone, Whites - 290
New York,
New York, Whites
Blacks
Long Island, Whites -
Blacks
New Kochelle, Whites -
Blacks -
Dutchess, Whites
Blacks
Columbia, Whites
Blacks
Cambridge, Whites
Coeman^s Patent, Whites
Newburg, Whites
Blacks
Total
Total in America
Total in Europe
Total in Europe and
America
290
70
215
9
725
6
200
3
60
1
154
10
257
4
43,260
48,610
71,463
120,073
Neiv Jersey.
Salem, Whites - - 680
Blacks - - 24
Trenton, Whites - 527
Blacks - 5
Indians - 3
Elizabeth Town, Whites 216
Blacks 13
Flanders, Whites - 281
Blacks - 2
Q. 12. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £907. 8*. Ud.
Q. 13. What children are admitted this year?
A. Joseph Goodwin, Joseph Hanby, Thomas Leech, Edmond
Barry, Joseph Empringham, and William Dieuaide.
Q. 14. What can we allow the sons and daughters of the
Preachers out of the Kingswood Collection ?
A. John Brown (once for all), £12; William Thompson, £6;
Thomas Rutherford (the second year), £6; John Thorn, £6
(second year); Maria Bradburn (the first year), £6; Mary
Goodwin, c€6 (the first year) ; Sarah Roberts, £6 (the second
year) ; Elizabeth Dall, £6 (the second year) ; Mary Ann Brisco,
£6 (the second year) ; Mary Joyce, £6 (the first year) ; Joseph
Benson, £6 (the first year) ; Sarah Lougley, £6 (the first year) ;
Ann Allen, £6 (the first year).
Q. 15. What is contributed towards the Preachers' Fund?
A. £695. Ss. 7d.
Q. 16. What is allowed out of it ?
£.
s.
d.
A. To Thomas ")
Westell J
35
0
0
William Whitaker -
20
0
0
Matthew Lowes
5
5
0
Thomas Hanson
12
0
0
John Furz -
12
0
0
£.
s.
d.
Ann Morgan
- 24
0
0
S. Robertshaw
- 12
0
0
Lucia Bourke
- 12
0
0
Mary Penington
- 12
0
0
Sarah Shorter
- 12
0
0
Catherine Garnet
- 12
0
0
240
1790.
£.
s.
d.
,£.
s.
d.
12
0
0
Christopher Hopp
er 20
0
0
24
0
0
John Poole
- 35
0
0
10
0
0
James Christie
- 12
0
0
10
0
0
Wilham Boothby
- 24
0
0
20
0
0
Ditto
- 20
0
0
12
0
0
Thomas Brisco
- 30
0
0
12
0
0
Twelve Wives
-144
0
0
12
0
0
6
6
0
In all
£583 11
0
12
0
0
Elizabeth Dillon
Sarah Barry
Sarah Nay lor
S. Hosmer -
Sarah Mitchell
Elizabeth Jaco
John Price -
S. Corbet -
Thomas Johnson
Samuel Bates
Q. 17. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £1,225. 15*. 10^.
Q. 18. How was it expended ?
£. s. d.
A. Last year's )
Deficiencies j
Present year's
Contingencies
}
52 13 11
100 0 0
Scotland -
Wales, Isles of
Guernsey, &c.
In all Eugland
}
£.
200
78
473
d.
0
0
11
Law - - 72 3 0
Ireland - - 248 18 0 £1,224 19 10
Q. 19. Are any directions to be given concerning collections?
A. No collections shall be made in future for the building or
repairing of preaching-houses, except in the Circuits where
they are respectively built or repaired.
Q. 20. Are any directions to be given concerning the
Conference ?
A. No Preachers shall in future attend the Conference, whose
Circuits, in which they respectively labour, will not provide
for their travelling-expenses; the Preachers who labour in
Scotland and Wales excepted.
Q. 21. At what times shall the Quarterly Fasts be held?
A. On the first Friday in August, November, Februar}'^, and May.
The Committee for the management of our affairs in the
West Indies : —
Thomas Coke, Alexander Mather, Thomas Rankin, James
Rogers, Henry Moore, Adam Clarke, John Baxter, William
Warrener, Matthew Lumb.
The Building-Committee for Great Britain : —
Alexander Mather, John Pawson, Thomas Rankin, W^illiam
Thompson, William Jenkins, and the London Assistant.
For Ireland : —
Andrew Blair, Adam Clarke, Thomas Rutherford, Thomas
Mitchell.
Rules to be observed by the Building-Committee : —
1. All preaching-houses are to be settled on the Methodist plan.
2. All preaching-houses are to be built in future on the same
plan as the Loudon or Bath chapel.
1790. 241
Q. 22. When and wliere shall our next Conference be held?
A. At Manchester, on the last Tuesday in July, 1791.
ADDENDA.
TAKEN OUT OF FORMER MINUTES.
Q. 1. What is subscribed will not answer the demands : what
can be done to lessen these ?
A. 1. Let every Circuit bear its own burden. 2. Tell every-
one expressly, "We do not make a subscription for paying
debts.^' 3. Let all the Assistants declare this in every place.
Q. 2. Has each Assistant inquired, what Trustees are wanting
in every place ?
A. No. Let it be done in every preaching-house.
Q. 3. Should any Assistant take into the Society any whom
his predecessor has put out ?
A. Not without consulting him.
Q. 4. Preachers hasten home to their families after preaching
in the evening. Ought this to be done ?
A. Never, till they have met the Society.
Q. 5. Ought we not to exhort all dying persons to be then, at
least, merciful after their power ?
A. We ought, without any regard to the reflections which
will be cast upon us on that account.
Q. 6. What can be done to prevent the heavy burdens and
expenses which are needlessly thrown on the Conference?
A. Those Circuits that do not provide for their Preachers and
their children (except Scotland, Ireland, and Wales) shall have
no more Preachers sent to them, for the time to come, than
they will provide for.
The following Preachers, who had not the opportunity of
subscribing at the last Conference towards the building of
Dewsbury preaching-house, desire to have their names added to
the list, as follows : —
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
Benjamin Rhodes
- 1
1
0
Joseph Jerora
- 0
5
0
Charles Bond
- 1
1
0
Joseph Algar
-• 1
1
0
James Hall
- 1
1
0
Thomas Brisco
- 0
10
6
John Murlin
- 1
1
0
Joseph Benson
- 1
1
0
James Christie
- 0
10
6
John Brettell
- 0
io
6
John Nelson
- 0
10
6
Adam Clarke
- 0
10
6
John M'Kersey
- 0
10
6
'"
James Rogers
. 1
1
0
£11
0
0
John Bredin
- 0
5
0
Omitted under the 4th question : —
Jonathan Thompson, who died in Scotland in the course of
the last 3''ear; a young man, full of faith and the Holv Ghost,
Vol. I. R
242 1791.
an ornament and honour to our Society in Scotland. His great
zeal for God, and the salvation of souls, united with the fervour
and imprudence of youth, led him to excessive labour in the
work of his great Master, which proved the cause of his death.
Further Directions concerning the Building-Committee.
1. Everything relative to the building or repairing of
preaching-houses is to be referred to them.
2. No house shall be undertaken without the consent of the
majority of them : and not a stone laid, till the house is settled
after the Methodist form, verbatim. — N.B. No lawyer is to
alter one line, neither need any be employed.
3. No building is to be undertaken, till an estimate of the
expense is made, and two-thirds of the money raised or
subscribed.
4. Every preaching-house equal to or less than the Bath
house, is to be built in the same form without and within.
5. Every house larger than the Bath house is to be built on
the plan of the new chapel in London, both within and without.
N.B. 1. No Preacher shall preach three times the same day
' to the same congregation.
2. No Preacher shall preach oftener than twice on a week-
day, or oftener than three times on the Lord's day.
3. No Preacher shall in future leave the Conference before
the conclusion of it, without consent publicly obtained in the
Conference.
MANCHESTER, Tuesday, July 26, 1791.
A COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE REV. JOHN WESLEY TO THE
CONFERENCE.
Chester, April 7, 1785.
To THE Methodist Conference.
My dear Brethren,
Some of our Travelling Preachers have expressed a fear that,
after my decease, you would exclude them either from preaching
in connexion with you, or from some other privileges which they
now enjoy. I know no other way to prevent any such
inconvenience, than to leave these my last words with you.
I beseech you, by the mercies of God, that you never avail
yourselves of the Deed of Declaration, to assume any superiority
over your brethren; but let all things go on, among those
Itinerants who choose to remain together, exactly in the same
manner as when I was with you, so far as circumstances will
permit.
In particular, I beseech you, if you ever loved me, and if you
1791. 243
now love God and your brethren, td have no respect of persons
in stationing the Preachers, in choosing children for Kingswood
School, in disposing of the Yearly Contribution and the
Preachers' Fund, or any other public money. But do all
things with a single eye, as I have done from the beginning.
Go on thus, doing all things without prejudice or partiality, and
God will be with you even to the end.
JOHN WESLEY.
N.B. The Conference have unanimously resolved, that all
the Preachers who are in full connexion with them shall enjoy
every privilege that the members of the Conference enjoy,
agreeably to the above-written letter of our venerable deceased
Father in the Gospel.
It may be expected, that the Conference make some observa-
tions on the death of Mr. Wesley ; but they find themselves
utterly inadequate to express their ideas and feelings on this
awful and affecting event.
Their souls do truly mourn for their great loss; and they
trust they shall give the most substantial proofs of their venera-
tion for the memory of their most esteemed Father and Friend,
by endeavouring, with great humility and diffidence, to follow
and imitate him in doctrine, discipline, and life.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Thomas Broadbent, William Stevens, Jonathan Edmond-
son, Thomas Wood, Samuel Gates, John Stamp, Jolm Woodrow,
John Sandoe, Richard Reece, Joseph Eatvvisle, Francis Truscott,
John Beaumont, Thomas Dunn, Thomas Kerr, John Darragh,
William M'Cornock, William Johnson, John Malcomson,
David Barrowclough, Francis Armstrong, and Thomas Hewett.
N.B. The Irish Preachers in this Minute are admitted to all
the privileges of Travelling Preachers in full connexion, but
must be received in form at the next Irish Conference.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Thomas Rogerson, John Wilshaw, George Lowe, Henry
Taylor, John Hickling, Chaiies Tunnycliffe, John Furness,
Thomas Kelk, Thomas Dobson, Jasper Winscom, WiUiam
Jenkins, William Cox, William Saunderson, Heniy Saunders,
Robert Lomas, John Ramshaw, Miles Martindale, Thomas
Hutton, John Kershaw, John Nelson, John Denton, Robert
Crowther, Robert Smith, John Grant, Robert Miller, WiUiam
Stephenson, Mark Willis, John Rdes, James Anderson, James
Lyons, James M'MuUen, Alexander Moore, Matthew Stewart,
Thomas Elliott, Andrew Hamilton, sen., Roljert Smith, William
Hamilton, Daniel Graham, Michael Murphy, William Wilson,
George Donovan, Samuel Wood, Thomas Ridgeway, James
M'^Quigg, Thomas Patterson, Andrew Hamilton, jun., James
R 2
244 ]791.
Irwin, John Stephenson, John Cross, Charles Graham, John
Hurley, Samuel Steele, William Smith, William Ferguson,
Owen Da\des, Edward Gibbons, George Sargent, John Braith-
■waite, Thomas Simmonite, Joseph Burgess, William Hainsworth,
llichard Elliott, George Sykes, James Lawton, Thomas Trethe-
wey, John S. Pipe, Samuel Taylor, William Shelmerdine, John
Dean, John Boyle, Thomas Harrison, John Doncaster, Booth
Newton, Robert Swan, John Sauuderson, John Simpsorf,
Thomas Greaves, Robert Harrison, Thomas Brown, John
Graham, Archibald Murdoch, William Aver, William Denton,
Isaac Lilly, Thomas Black, William Franklin, James Bell,
Blakely Dowling, and Joseph Cross.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Thomas Robinsoil, Henry INIahy, William Mahy, James
Jay, and Michael Emmett.
Q. 4. Who have died this year?
A. Duncan Wright, an old, faithful labourer in the vineyard
of the Lord. Gravity and steadiness were two eminent parts of
his character. After a useful life spent in the service of his
Divine Master, he gave indubitable proofs, in his last illness, that
he was going to rest from his labours in Abraham's bosom.
And Robert Gamble, who died in the island of St. Vincent's,
in the West Indies. He laboured for some years as a Travelling
Preacher in England ; but spent the last three years of his life
in the conversion of the poor, despised Negroes. Last February
he was seized with a putrid fever, and after a sickness of sixteen
days entered into glory in the triumph of faith.
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 6. Who have desisted from travelling?
A. Thomas Wyraent and Thomas Ryan: Jonathan Hern,
Thomas Verner, and William Brandon.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, Thomas Coke, James Creighton, Peard
Dickinson, James Rogers, Joseph Bradford,
Richard Rodda; Thomas Rankin, Super-
numerary ; George Whitfield, Book-
Steward.
2 Sussex, Charles Kyte, John Poole, Robert Crowther.
3 Rochester^ Thomas Warwick, John S. Pipe.
4 Canterbury, Charles Boon, Thomas Rogerson, William Cox.
5 Colchester, William Ashman, Joseph Jerom, William
Aver.
6 Norwich, John Reynolds, Thomas Simmonite, John
Wilshaw, Isaac Lilly.
7 Diss, William Shelmerdine, James Lawton.
8 Bunj, John Hickling, ]Mark Willis.
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245
9 Lynn, William Jenkins, Owen Davies.
10 Wells, Thomas Broadbent, Jasper Winscom.
11 Bedford, Thomas Tattershall, John Wittam, Edward
Gibbons, William Denton.
12 Northampton, John Leech, Joseph Harper.
13 Oxfordshire, George Baldwin, WiUiam Stevens, Thomas
Jones ; John Murlin, Supernumerary.
14 Gloucestershire, John Mason, Lawrence Kane,
15 Worcestershire, Jeremiah Brettell, Francis Truscott.
16 Sarum, Joseph Algar, Thomas Fearnley.
17 Portsmouth, John Easton, Michael Marshall, Thomas
Dobson.
18 Isle of Jersey, Joseph Sutcliffe, William.^
Dieuaide. / To change
19 Isle of Guernsey, Henry Saunders, John de > every two
Queteville. \ months.
20 Isle of Alderney, Henry INIahy. -^
21 France, William Mahy.
22 Bath, John Broadbent, James Hall, George Button ;
John Furz, Supernumerary.
23 Bristol, Henry Moore, Thomas Rutherford, Thomas
Tennant, Thomas Roberts ; John Valton,
Supernumerary ; Thomas M'Geary, Head-
Master of Kingswood School.
24 Shepton-Mallet, Jonathan Cousins, William Saunders,
William Holmes.
25 Taunton, Charles Bland, James Jay; Christopher
W^atkins, Supernumerary.
26 Tiverton, Theophilus Lessey, George Wadsworth.
27 Bideford, Robert Empringham.
28 Plymouth, William Horner, William Thoresby, Thomas
Kelk.
Benjamin Rhodes, Samuel Bardsley, Thomas
Trethewey.
Timothy Crowther, Abraham Moseley, John
Boyle.
Richard Watkinson, Jonathan Crowther, John
Smith, James M. Byron.
Thomas Hutton, William Fish, Benjamin
20 St. Austle,
30 Redruth,
31 Penzance,
32 Pemhrolie,
33 Glamorgan,
34 Brecon,
Leggatt.
William Hainsworth, John Cricket, Robert
Miller.
John Dean, William Heath. *
35 Birmingham, Samuel Bradburn, George Gibbon, Thomas
Bartholomew, Samuel Taylor.
36 Coventry, Charles Bond, who is to change quarterly
with the single Preachers of the Birming;-
ham Circuit.
246
1791,
George
37 Wolverhampton, Alexander Suter, Simon Day ; Melville
Home, Supernumerary.
Andrew Inglis, Thomas Cooper, Richard Seed,
John Nelson.
39 Macclesfield, John Goodwin, John Denton, John Furness ;
George Shadford, Supernumerary.
William Myles, Samuel Gates.
Joseph Benson, Adam Clarke.
Thomas Hanby, Robert Costerdine.
Robert Roberts, Robert Lomas.
Parson Greenwood, James Thom,
Lowe.
Thomas Taylor, Joseph Burgess.
George Snowden, William Palmer.
Henry Taylor, James Evans.
Thomas Longley, Charles Tunnycliffe, William
Saunderson.
John Moon, Miles Martindale, John Sandoe,
William Hunter, jun.
50 Nottingham, Thomas Carlill, William Butterfield, John
Beaumont, Thomas Wood.
Joseph Taylor, Joseph Pescod, Thomas Dunn,
Thomas Greaves.
38 Burslem,
40 Stockport,
41 Manchester,
42 Oldham,
43 Bolton,
44 Chester,
45 Liverpool,
46 Warrington,
47 Blackburn,
48 Colne,
49 Leicester,
51 Derby,
52 Sheffield,
53 Grimsby,
54 Horncastle,
"Francis W^rigley, Daniel Jackson,
George
George Mowat,
George
Riles,
Carr
Highfield
Jasper Robinson,
Sargent.
John King, John Ramshaw, John
Jonathan Edmondson; Robert
Brackenbury, Supernumerary.
55 Gainsborough, William Collins, John Peacock, John
Simpson.
56 Epworth, Isaac Brown, Thomas Shaw, John Atkins.
57 Leeds, James Wood, Lancelot Harrison, William
Percival.
58 Wakefield, William Thompson, Richard Reece.
59 Huddersfield, George Story, Richard Elliott.
60 Birstal,
61 Dewsbury,
62 Bradford,
63 Halifax,
64 Keighley,
65 Otley,
66 Whitehaven,
Edward Jackson, John Kershaw ;
Thomas Johnson, Supernu-
merary.
William Bramwell, George Sykes ; j'
Jonathan Parkin, Supernu-
merary. J
John Alien, John Grant.
John Pawson, Joseph Entwisle.
John Booth, James Ridall,
WilHara Dufton, William Simpson
John Crosby, Jonathan Brown.
The
single
Preachers
to change
every
quarter.
1^
i 0
k
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67 Isle of Man, John Ogilvie, John Barritt, William Franklin.
68 York, Samuel Hodgson, John Beanland, William
Blagborne.
69 Pocklington, William Thom, Robert Hayward.
70 Hull, Alexander Mather, John Shaw.
71 Bridlington, John Braithwaite, Booth Newton.
72 Scarborough, George Holder, James Watson, Thomas
Robinson.
73 Whitby, Robert Hopkins, Duncan Kay.
74 Thirsk, Thomas Dixon, Thomas Gill, Robert Smith.
75 Yarm, William Hunter, sen., John Stamp.
76 Barnard Castle, John Brettell, W^illiam Stephenson.
77 Hexham, Peter Mill, John M'Kersey.
78 Sunderland, John Pritchard, Zachariah Yewdall, Joseph
Thompson.
79 Newcastle, John Gaulter, Alexander Kilham ; Joseph
Cownley, Supernumerary.
80 Alnwick, Charles Atmore, Michael Emmett.
SCOTLAND.
81 Edinburgh, Joseph Cole, Samuel Botts, John Saunderson.
82 Glasgow, Robert Johnson, Joseph Cross, Robert
Harrison.
83 Dumfries, John Barber.
84 Kelso, Robert Swan.
85 Dundee, James Bogie, Robert Dall, Thomas Harrison;
Joseph Saunderson, Supernumerary.
86 Aberdeen, Thomas Vasey, John Townsend.
87 Inverness, Duncan M'Allum, James Anderson, John
Doncaster.
IRELAND.
88 Dublin, Andrew Blair, Walter Griffith; Matthias
Joyce, Supernumerary.
89 Wicklow, Samuel Wood, James Lyons.
90 Carloiv, Thomas Davis, John Miller.
91 Waterford, John Darragh, Thomas Ridgeway.
92 Cork, David Barrowclough, John Woodrow.
93 Bandon, William M'Cornock, Wilham West, James
M'Quigg.
94 Limerick, David Gordon, Andrew Hamilton, jun., Charles
Graham.
95 Birr, Thomas Kerr, Thomas Patterson, James
Hurley.
96 Castlebar, Samuel Moorhead, William Wilson.
97 Athlone, Richard Condy, William Johnson.
98 Longford, James M'Mullen, William Black.
99 Sligo, Francis Armstrong, Blakely Dowling.
7 V
248
1791,
100 Ballyconnell, Mattliew Stewart, Daniel Graham, Joseph
Hennin.
101 Cavan, John Malcomson, Michael Murphy, Thomas
Brown.
102 Clones, Robert Smith, Andrew Hamilton, sen.,
William Hamilton.
X03 Brookborough, James Rennick, Thomas Elliott, "William
Ferguson.
104 Enniskillen, Joseph Armstrong, George Donovan.
105 Bally shannon, Thomas Hewett, John Hurley, John Cross.
106 Lisleen, Archibald Murdoch, John Graham.
107 Omagh, Alexander Moore, John Fury.
108 Charlemont, John Dinnen, Gustavus Armstrong; Samuel
Bates, Supernumerary.
109 Londonderry, John Kerr, Samuel Mitchell.
110 Coleraine, William Smith, John Gillis, John Stephenson.
111 Belfast, James M'Donald, James Irwin.
112 Lisburn, John Grace, James Bell.
113 Downpatrick, Thomas Barber, Thomas Hetherington.
114 Tanderagee, George Brown, William Armstrong, John
M'Farland.
John Crook, Samuel Steele.
J 15 Newry,
AMERICA.
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
NOVA SCOTIA. AND NEW BRUNSWICK.
Halifax,
Liverpool,
Shelburne,
Newport,
Cumberland,
River St. John,
Annapolis,
Carbonear,
William Jessop, John \
Mann, Elders.
Thomas Whitehead.
William Early.
John Cooper.
Benjamin Fizler.
John Regan.
James Boyd.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
John M'Geary.
THE WEST INDIES.
William Black,
f Presiding Elder.
Antigua, John Baxter, Benjamin Pearce.
Barbadoes, Matthew Lumb.
St. Vincent's, James Wray, James Lyons.
Grenada, Thomas Owens.
Nevis, John M'Vean.
St. Christopher^ s, William Warrener, and a Preacher from the
continent of America; George Skerritt,
Supernumerary.
1791. 249
Tortola, John Harper, and a Preacher from the
continent.
Jamaica, William Brazier, Thomas Worrell.
N.B. As we have not received the Minutes of the Confer-
ences of the United States for the present year, on account of
the sudden departure of Dr. Coke from America in consequence
of Mr. Wesley's death, we are not able to insert the Stations of
the Preachers of those States in their usual places.
Q, 8. What regulations are necessary for the preservation of
our whole economy, as the Rev. Mr. Wesley left it?
A. Let the three kingdoms be divided into Districts :
England into nineteen Districts; Scotland into two; and
Ireland into six. As follows : —
1. London, Sussex, Colchester, Rochester, Canterbury, Bedford,
Oxford. 2. Norwich, Diss, Lynn, Bury, Wells. 3. Nottingham,
Derby, Leicester, Northampton. 4, Sarum, Portsmouth. 5. Jer-
sey, Guernse}'', Alderney. 6. Redruth, St. Austle, Penzance.
7. Plymouth, I3ideford, Tiverton. 8. Bristol, Taunton, Shepton-
Mallet, Bath, Gloucester. 9. Pembroke, Glamorgan, Brecon.
10. Birmingham, Worcester, Wolverhampton. 11. Manchester,
Stockport, Oldham, Bolton, Liverpool, Blackburn. 12. Chester,
Macclesfield, Burslem. 13. Halifax, Colne, Keighley, Bradford,
Huddersfield. 14. Leeds, Sheffield, Wakefield, Birstal, Dews-
bury, Otley. 15. York, Hull, Pocklington, Bridlington, Scar-
borough. 16. Grimsby, Horncastle, Epworth, Gainsborough.
17. W^hitby, Yarm, Thirsk, Barnard-Castle. 18. Whitehaven,
Isle of Man. 19. Newcastle, Sunderland, Hexham, Alnwick.
20. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dumfries, Kelso. 21. Aberdeen,
Dundee, Inverness.
22. Dublin, Wicklow, Carlow, Longford. 23. Cork, Bandon,
Limerick, Waterford. 24. Athlone, Birr, Castlebar, Sligo.
25. Clones, Cavan, Ballyconnell, Euniskillen, Brookborough.
26. Londonderry, Coleraine, Lisleen, Ballyshannon, Omagh.
27. Charlemont, Tanderagee, Newry, Downpatrick, Lisburn,
Belfast.
Q. 9. What directions are necessary concerning the manage-
ment of the Districts?
A. The Assistant of a Circuit shall have authority to summon
the Preachers of his District who are in full connexion, on any
critical case, which, according to the best of his judgment, merits
such an interference. And the said Preachers, or as many of
them as can attend, shall assemble at the place and time
appointed by the Assistant aforesaid, and shall form a Committee^
for the purpose of determining concerning the business on
which they are called. They shall choose a Chairman for the
occasion ; and their decision shall be final till the meeting of the
next Conference, when the Chairman of the Committee shall
250
1791.
lay the Minutes of their proceedings before the Conference.
Provided, nevertheless, that nothing shall be done by any
Committee contrary to the resolutions of the Conference.
Q. 10. How many wives are to be provided for?
A. One hundred and nine.
Q. 11. How many of these are to be provided for by the
Circuits ?
A. Eighty-three : as follows ; viz., —
London, S. Rodda, Boon,
Poole, Kyte.
Sussex, £3.
Rochester and Canterbury, S.
Warwick.
Norwich, S. Reynolds.
Lynn, S. Davies.
Northampton, S. Harper.
Oxfordshire, £6.
Portsmouth, S. Easton.
Isle of Jersey, £S.
Bath, S. Broadbent.
Bristol, S. IMoore, Rutherford,
Kane.
Shepton-Mallet, S. Cousins.
Taunton andTiverton,S.Lessey.
Plymouth, S. Horner, Bland.
St. Austle, S. Rhodes.
Redruth, S. (Tim.) Crowther,
and £6.
Penzance, S. Watkinson.
Birmingham, S. Bradburn,
Gibbon.
Wolverhampton, S. Day.
Burslem, S. Inglis.
Macclesfield, S. Goodwin, and
£6.
Stockport, S. Myles, Empring-
ham.
INIanchester, S. Clarke, Ash-
man, Tattershall.
Oldham, S. Costerdine.
Bolton, S. Roberts.
Chester, S. Greenwood.
Liverpool, S. (Tho.) Taylor.
Warrington, S. Snowden.
Blackburn, S. (Hen.) Taylor.
Colne, S. Louglcy, and £Q.
Q. 12. How are the otiier twenty-six wives — viz., S. Martin-
dale, Atkinson, £(>; Simpson, Ridall, Dufton, £6; Crosby,
Leicester, S. Moon.
Nottingham, S. Butterfield,
and £6.
Derby, S. (Jos.) Taylor.
Sheffield, S. Jackson, Pescod,
Dunn.
Grimsby, S. !Mowat.
Horncastle, £6.
Gainsborough, S. Collins.
Epworth, S. (Is.) Brown.
LeedSj S. Wood, Percival,
Ramshaw.
Wakefield, S, (W.) Thompson,
(James) Thom.
Huddersfield, S. Story.
Birstal, S. Beanland.
Bradford, S. Bramwell.
Halifax, S. Beaumont.
Keighley, S. Booth.
Isle of Man, S. Ogilvie.
York, S. Hodgson.
Pocklington, S. (W.) Thom.
Hull, S. Shaw, Peacock.
Scarborough, S. Holder.
Whitby, S. Hopkins.
Yarm, S. Hunter.
Hexham, S. Mill.
Sunderland, S. Pritchard, (Jos.)
Thompson.
Newcastle, S. Gaulter, Atmore.
Edinburgh, I s -3^^^^
Glasgow, J
Ireland, S. Blair, Griffith,
Hetherington, West, Gra-
ham, Condy, Rennick, Stew-
art, Armstrong, Dinnen,
Smith, M'Douald.
1791.
251
(Jou.) Brown, Franklin, £6; Watson, Gill, (John) Brettell,
(Jer.) Brettell, (Wm.) Stephenson, Tunnycliffe, Stevens, Cross,
Swan, Bogie, Dall, Townsend, M'Allum, Grace, (Geo.) Brown,
Crook, Woodrow, and (John) Stephenson, £3. 16s. — to be
provided for ?
A. Partly by the smaller subscriptions raised in the Circuits,
and partly by the Contingent Fund.
N.B. The money for the twenty-six wives above-mentioned
will be lodged in the hands of Mr. Whitfield.
Q. 13. What are the subscriptions of the Circuits in Ireland
towards the support of the wives ?
A. As follows : —
£.
s. d.
£.
s. d.
Dubhn -
30
0 0
Brookborough
- 4
0 0
Wicklow -
0
10 6
Enniskillen
- 3
10 0
Carlow
3
10 0
Ballyshannon
- 1
10 0
Waterford
3
13 6
Lisleen
- 1
10 0
Cork
16
0 0
Omagh
- 1
10 0
Bandon -
1
10 0
Charlemont
- 5
10 0
Limerick -
5
10 0
Londonderry
- 3
0 0
Birr
4
0 0
Coleraine -
- 5
10 0
Castlebar -
2
0 0
Belfast -
- 6
10 0
Athlone -
7
0 0
Lisburn -
. 8
0 0
Longford -
8
0 0
Downpatrick
- 1
10 0
Sligo
1
10 0
Tanderagee
- 5
0 0
Ballyconnell
2
10 0
Newry
- 2
10 0
r^lnnpQ . -
«
0 0
Cavan
6
\J \j
0 0
^146
4 0
Q. 14. What numbers
are in
the Society?
A. As follows : —
London
-
2950
Bradford
_
952
Sussex -
■_
260
Bristol-
.
1563
Chatham
-
280
Shepton-Mallet
_
950
Canterbury
.
295
Taunton
-
234
Colchester
-
145
Tiverton
.
403
Norwich
.
580
Bideford
-
150
Diss
.
310
Plymouth
.
816
Lynn -
-
370
St. Austle
.
950
Bury -
-
160
Redruth
.
1705
Bedford
-
500
St. Ives
.
1537
Northampton -
-
470
Pembroke
-
168
Oxfordshire
.
700
Glamorgan
-
250
Gloucestershire
_
316
Brecon
-
116
Worcestershire -
_
288
Birmingham -
_
1600
Sarum -
_
238
Wol verh ampton
.
613
Portsmouth
-
430
Burslem
-
1434
Isle of Jersey -
-
316
Macclesfield
_
1140
Isle of Guernsey
-
223
Stockport
-
655
252
1791.
Manchester
- 2090
Bandon
240
Boltou-
- 1160
Limerick
350
Chester
- 614
Kerry - - -
100
Liverpool
- 1050
Birr - _ -
280
Blackburn
- 955
Castlebar
184
Colne -
- 1020
Athlone
499
Leicester
- 768
Longford
440
Nottingham
- 1000
Sligo - - .
320
Derby -
- 785
Ballyconnell -
764
Sheffield
- 1690
Clones - . -
670
Grimsby
- 583
Cavan - . -
1006
Horncastle
- 638
Brookborough -
760
Gainsborough -
- 700
Enniskillen
400
Epworth
- 710
Ballyshannon -
745
Leeds -
- 2080
Lisleen
357
Wakefield
- 730
Omagh
430
Huddersfield -
- 780
Charlemont
1112
Birstal -
- 1230
Londonderry -
268
Bradford
- 1095
Coleraine
412
Halifax
- 1115
Belfast-
450
Keighley
- 900
Lisburn
500
Otley -
- 560
Downpatrick -
412
Whitehaven
- 282
Tanderagee
858
Isle of Man
- 2500
Newry - - -
458
York -
Hull -
- 874
- 664
Total
r2,476
PockUngton
- 834
Scarborough -
- 621
Whitby
Thirsk -
- 545
- 629
AMERICA.
Yarra -
- 554
The Dales
- 986
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Sunderland
- 1250
Newcastle
- 780
Nova Scotia, Whites -
530
Alnwick
- 300
Blacks -
200
Edinburgh
- 205
Newfoundland, Whites
150
Glasgow
- 218
Antigua, Whites
36
Campbelton
16
Mulattoes
105
Dumfries
44
Blacks
2113
Kelso -
31
Barbadoes, Whites
30
Dundee
- 157
Coloured People
30
Aberdeen
- 286
St. Vincent^s, Whites -
13
Inverness
- 222
Coloured People
450
Dubhn
- 970
Nevis, Whites -
6
Wicklow
- 200
Coloured People
394
Carlo w-
- 293
St.Christopher's, Whites
Waterford
- 230
and Mulattoes
280
Cork -
- 450
Blacks
1120
1791.
253
Tortola, Whites
Coloured People*
Jamaica, Whites and
Mulattoes
Blacks
Total
18
900
40
110
6,525
The United States 57,621
Total in America
Total in Europe
Total in Europe and
America
61,146
72,476
136,622
* The return at the last Conference in the West Indies was
1800 : but the work has been of such short continuance, and the
increase so rapid, that only half the number is set down.
Q. 15. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £1,035. Us. 9d.
Q. 16. What children are admitted this year?
A. James M'Buruey, eleven years old ; William Rutherford,
nine years old; John Wilshaw, nine years old; Samuel Wood,
eight years old ; Andrew Inglis, near eight years old ; and
Richard Summers for one year.
Q. 17. What can we allow for the education of the Preachers'
children that cannot be admitted into Kingswood School?
£.
35
0 0
£108
18. What is contributed towards the Preachers' Fund?
£730. 10s. Sd.
19. What is allowed out of it ?
d.
S. Corbet - - 12 0
Thomas Johnson - 6 6
Samuel Bates - 12 0
Christopher Hopper 24 0
James Christie - 12 0
William Boothby - 24 0
Thomas Brisco - 24 0
John Watson - 12 0
Thomas Wride, )
for the past year j
Do., for this year - 20 0
Thomas Olivers - 24 0
George Shadford - 12 0
S. Wright- - 8 8
John Bredin - 12 0
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A. To Thomas
Westell
William Whitaker
Matthew Lowes
Thomas Hanson
John Furz
Ann Morgan
S. Robertshaw
Lucia Bourke
Mary Penington •
Ehzabeth Dillon •
Sarah Nay lor
Sarah Barry
S. Hosraer
Sarah Mitchell
Elizabeth Jaco
John Price
20
10
12
12
24
12
15
12
12
10
24
10
20
12
30
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
d.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22 10 0
0
0
0
0
0
In all £495 14 0
Q. 20. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses ?
A. £1,338. 8s. Id.
Q. 21. How was it expended?
£. s. d.
£. s. d.
A. Deficien-S
Law
87 8 1
cies of last f
35 7 6
Deficiencies of")
year's Con- T
the salaries of >
372 18 3
tingencies J
the Preachers 3
254. iroi.
£. s. d.
Travelling ex-'^
penses this / 1 57 g q
extraordinary C
year J
Various Con-
tingenciesfor ^ 97 13 9
the tlirec
kinj'doms
£. s. d.
Deficiencies of"^
the salaries of / ^oq k a
the wives of X
the Preachers J
Deficiencies inS
the allowance / c,r\n n. r,
made for the f ^^^ ^ ^
children J
Sick families - 44 5 0
Rent for houses,&c. 104 3 0 £1,338 8 1
Q. 22. Who is appointed to hold the Conference in Dublin, on
the first Friday of next July ?
A. Thomas Coke.
Q. 23. Are any directions necessary concerning the preceding
Minute?
A. No letters of complaint, or on Circuit-business, shall be
written to England on account of this appointment. The
Committees of the Districts shall determine all appeals what-
soever during the intervals of the Conference ; and therefore all
applications on Society business during the said intervals, which
cannot be determined by the Assistants of the Circuits, shall be
made to the Committees only.
Q. 24. Whereas we have been disappointed by married
Preachers coming out to travel in expectation of being them-
selves able to maintain their wives independently of the
Connexion, who very soon became entirely dependent ; how shall
this be prevented in future ?
A. 1. Let no Preacher be received on this plan, unless he can
bring in writing such an account of his income, signed by the
Assistant, as shall satisfy the Conference.
2. If any person shall propose to keep a Preacher's wife or
children, he shall give a bond to the Conference for the sum he
is to allow.
Q. 25. Is it necessary to enter into any engagements in
respect to our future plan of economy ?
A, We engage to follow strictly the plan which INIr. Wesley left
us at his death.
Q. 26. Are any directions necessary concerning the stationing
of the Preachers ?
A. No Preacher shall be stationed for any Circuit above two
j^ears successively, unless God has been pleased to use him as
the instrument of a remarkable revival.
Q. 27. Are any directions necessary concerning the disburse-
ment of the Yearly Collection ?
A. It shall be disbursed in the following manner, as far as
the money will extend ; viz., —
1st. The demands of the Connexion in Scotland, as far as
they are approved by the Conference, shall be disbursed.
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2d. The demands of Ireland.
3d. Those of Wales.
4th. Those of France.
5th. Those of the poor Circuits in England.
Lastly. The demands of all the remaining Circuits, according
to the judgment of the Conference.
Q. 28. A great expeflse is incurred by letters to the Preachers.
What directions are necessary on this subject?
A. 1. Let the Preachers return all circular letters to the
persons respectively from whom they are sent.
2. Let the postage of all letters sent to the Conference on
public business be paid by the Stewards of the Societies from
which they are sent. But the postage of the private letters sent
to the Preachers during the sitting of the Conference shall be
paid by the Conference.
Q. 29. When and where shall the next Conference be held ?
A. In London, on the last Tuesday in July, 1792.
A List of the Preachers that were received on trial at this
• Conference, but were not immediately wanted : —
1. Richard Pattison, of the Oxford Circuit.
2. John Ashall, of the Manchester Circuit.
3. Francis Thoresby, of the Stockport Circuit.
4. John Kingston, of the London Circuit.
5. George Deverell, of the Shepton-Mallet Circuit.
6. Roger Crane, of the Blackburn Circuit.
7. Stephen Wilson, of the Sunderland Circuit.
8. Paul Wilson, of the Manchester Circuit.
9. James Buckley, of the Manchester Circuit.
10. Robert Harper, of the Keighley Circuit.
11. John Foster, of the Dales Circuit.
12. Alexander Cummins, of the Liverpool Circuit.
13. John Ward, of the Sheffield Circuit.
14. Henry Anderson, of the Pocklington Circuit.
Q. 30. Are any directions necessary concerning the manage-
ment of the Preachers^ Fund?
A. No money that has been or shall be subscribed to that
Fund shall be applied on any account to the discharge of Con-
tingencies, or to any other purposes whatsoever, except those
which the rules of the Fund direct.
Q. 31. Are any directions necessary concerning the disburse-
ment of the Yearly Collection ?
A. Let the District Committees settle the temporal accounts
of their respective Districts annually, either on the Saturday
before the Conference, or at such time as is most convenient.
Q. 32. What directions are necessary concerning the forming
of Committees to draw up plans for stationing of the Preachers
in Great Britain and Ireland?
256 1791.
A. 1. The Committee of every District in England and
Scotland shall elect one of their body, to form a Committee to
draw up a plan for the stationing of the Preachers in Great
Britain ; which Committee shall meet at the place where the
Conference is held, three days in the week preceding the
Conference, in order to draw up the above-mentioned plan.
2. The Committee of every District in Ireland shall send one
of their body to meet the Delegate, two days before the Iritsh
Conference, for the same purpose.
Q. 33. Have we not made too great advances towards con-
formity to the world ?
A. We fear we have.
Q. 34. How shall we prevent this ?
A. 1. Those school-masters and school-mistresses who receive
dancing- masters into their schools, and those parents who
employ dancing-masters for their children, shall be no longer
members of our Society.
2. Let every Assistant read the " Thoughts on Dress " once a
year in all his Societies.
Q. 35. What directions are necessary concerning Kingswood
School?
A. 1. The following persons shall be appointed as a Committee
to superintend the School for the ensuing year; viz., Henry
Moore, Thomas M'Geary, John Valton, and Thomas Roberts
and John Ewer, of Bristol.
2. The Preachers' children that cannot be admitted into the
School, and are allowed .£12 per annum for their education,
shall not receive the usual salary of £4, either from the Circuit
or from the Yearly Collection.
3. The assistants of the School, and the servants of the
house, shall be under the control of the master, and accountable
to him for their conduct.
Q. 36. What Preachers were received on trial in Ireland ?
A. Thomas Black, William Armstrong, John M^Farland,
James Bell, John Fury, Blakely J)owling, and Joseph Hennin.
N.B. Andrew Jefferys is in reserve.
Q, 37. Whom does the Conference appoint as their Delegate
for the West Indies, &c. ?
A. Thomas Coke.
Q. 38. Who are the Committee for examining accounts,
letters, and Missionaries that are to be sent to the Islands ?
A. The President, Alexander Mather, John Pawson, Thomas
Taylor, Henry Moore, Samuel Bradburn, James Rogers,
Richard Rodda, and Joseph Bradford.
Sioned, WILLIAM THOMPSON, President,
THOMAS COKE, Secretary.
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LONDON, Tuesday, July 31, 1792.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Benjamin Leggatt, Thomas Rogerson, John Wilshaw,
Henry Taylor, William Dieuaide, John Hickling, John Furness,
Thomas Kelk, Thomas Dobson, William Jenkins, Robert Miller,
Wilham Stephenson, Michael Marshall, Mark Willis, John
lliles.
Ireland. — James M'^Mullen, Alexander Moore, Matthew-
Stewart, Thomas Elliott, Andrew Hamilton, sen., Robert Smith,
William Hamilton, Daniel Graham, JMichael Murphy, and
William Wilson,
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Robert Harrison, George Lowe, Charles Tunnycliffe,
William Saunderson, John Kershaw :
These have travelled four years.
William Cox, Henry Saunders, Robert Lomas, John
Ramshaw, Miles Martindale, John Nelson, John Denton,
Robert Smith, John Grant, James Anderson, Owen Davies,
Thomas Simmonite, James Lawton, William Shelmerdine,
Thomas Harrison, John Saunderson:
These have travelled three years.
Robert Crowther, Edward Gibbous, George Sargent, John
Braithwaite, Joseph Burgess, William Hainsworth, Richard
Elliott, George Sykes, Thomas Trethewey, John S. Pipe, Samuel
Taylor, John Dean, John Boyle, John Doncaster, Booth
Newton, John Simpson, Thomas Greaves, William Aver,
William Denton, Isaac Lilly, William Franklin :
These have travelled tioo years.
Stephen Wilson, Thomas Robinson, William Tvlahy, Henry
Mahy, James Jay, Michael Emmett, Richard Pattison, Francis
Thoresby, John Kingston, George Deverell, James Buckley,
John Foster, Alexander Cummins, Henry Anderson :
These have travelled one year.
Ireland. — James Irwin, Thomas Ridgeway, Andrew
Hamilton, jun., Thomas Patterson, Samuel Wood, George
Donovan, James M^Quigg, James Hurley, John Hurley,
Wilham Ferguson, Thomas Brown, John Graham, Charles
Graham, Archibald Murdoch, William Smith, John
Stephenson, John Cross, Samuel Steele, Thomas Black, Joseph
Hennin, James Bell, William Armstrong, John M'Farland, and
Blakely Dowling. ,
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Richard Gower, George Dermott, Joseph Kyte, Joseph
Bowes, Francis Balliau, Joseph Bobbins, Cleland Kirkpatrick,
Vol. I. S
258 1792.
John Stephens, Robert Smith, Thomas Hutton, William
Martin, John Ward, Isaac Muff, Richard Hardacre, James
Bridgnell, William Fenwick, Richard Treffry, Robert Harper,
Stephen Eversfield, James Buckley, William Brown.
Ireland. — Matthew Tobias, Samuel Alcorn, Robert Banks,
Matthias Dice, Thomas M'Clellan, James Stuart, Robert
Dougherty, and James Jordan.
Q. 4. Who have died this year?
A. 1. John Richardson, A.B., who, like his great Master,
was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. The uni-
formity of his life, the Christian simplicity of his manners, the
meekness of his spirit, and the unction which attended his
ministry for twenty-nine years in the city of London, will be
ever remembered by many hundreds with gratitude to the
God of all grace. After labouring under a severe asthma for
twenty-six years, he died, in the fifty-eighth year of his age.
The last words he uttered, just before he expired, were, " God is
always with me."
2. Robert Empringham, a faithful old labourer in the
vineyard of his Lord.
3. Thomas Worrell, a most promising young man. For
some time he laboured in Ireland, his native country, with
success. Afterwards, he devoted himself to the work of God
among the Heathens : and, after a short but successful ministry
in the island of Jamaica, he died the death of a saint, of a
Christian entering into glory in the full assurance of hope.
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 6. Who has desisted from travelling?
A. James Lyons.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, Thomas Coke, James Creighton, Peard
Dickinson, William Thompson, James
Rogers, Richard Rodda, George Story,
William Blagborne, William Palmer,
Thomas Bartholomew ; Thomas Olivers,
Thomas Rankin, Thomas Tennant, Supernu-
meraries ; George Whitfield, Book-Steward.
2 Sussex, William Shelmerdine, Thomas Simmonite,
Mark Willis.
3 Rochester, Thomas Warwick, William Aver.
4 Canterbury, John Reynolds, Thomas Dobson, Charles
Tunnycliffe.
5 Colchester, William Jenkins,JamesLawton, William Heath.
6 Norwich, William Ashman, Charles Bond.
7 Yarmouth, Charles Boon, John Wilshaw.
1792.
259
8 Diss, Charles Kyte, Jolm Wittam.
9 Bury, John Hickling, Thomas Rogerson.
10 Lynn, William Saunders, Thomas Broadbent.
11 Walsingham, William Denton, Henry Anderson.
12 Bedford, Thomas Tattershall, Thomas Jones, Isaac Lilly,
Francis Thoresby, George Dermott.
13 Northampton, John Crosby, George Deverell, Thomas
Fearnley,
14 Oxfordshire, George Baldwin, William Stevens, Edward
Gibbons; John Murlin, Supernumerary.
15 Gloucestershire, Jonathan Cousins, John Sandoe.
16 Worcestershire, Jeremiah Brettell, Joseph Robbins.
17 Sarum, Joseph Algar, Richard Gower; Robert Carr
Brackenbury, Supernumerary.
18 Portsmouth, John Easton, George Button, Thomas
Trethewey.
19 Isle of Jersey, Michael Marshall, Henry Saunders,"^ Theseare
Henry Mahy. /tochange
20 Isle of Guernsey, ) John de Uueteville, William T every two
21 Isle of Alderney, j Dieuaide, Francis Balliau. J months.
22 France, William Mahy.
23 Bath, Henry Moore, Lawrence Kane, Joseph
SutclifFe; John Furz, Supernumerary.
24 Bristol, Samuel Bradburn, Thomas Rutherford, Owen
Davies, Samuel Taylor; John Broadbent,
John Valton, Supernumeraries ; Thomas
M'Geary, Head-Master of Kingswood-School.
25 Shepton-Mallet, Joseph Harper, John Cricket, William
Holmes.
26 Taunton, Charles Bland, John Foster, Cleland
Kirkpatrick; Christopher Watkins, Super-
numerary.
27 Collumpton, Theophilus Lessey, John M'Geary.
28 Plymouth, Benjamin Rhodes, Francis Truscott, William
Cox.
29 St. Austle, Timothy Crowther, William Thoresby, James
M. Byron, Robert Smith, jun.
30 Redruth, William Horner, John Smith, Thomas Kelk,
John Stephens ; John Poole, Super-
numerary.
31 Penzance, John Leech, Abraham Moseley, John Boyle,
James Jay.
32 Pembroke, Benjamin Leggatt, Thomas Roberts, Joseph
Bowes.
33 Glamorgan, William Hunter, jun., Joseph Kyte, Richard
TreflFry.
34 Brecon, John Dean, Stephen Wilson.
35 Birmingham, Joseph Cole, Simon Day, Joseph Burgess.
S 2
260
179^
George
36 Wolverhampton, Alexander Suter, Robert Costerdine.
37 Shreivshury , Miles Martindaie, William Saunderson
38 Burslem, Andrew Inglis, Samuel Bardsley,
Snowden, Jolm Denton, James Bridgnell.
39 Macclesfield, Jolm Goodwin, George Lowe, Robert Crowther ;
George Shadford, Supernumerary.
AVilliam Myles, Robert Miller.
Joseph Benson, Adam Clarke; James Hall,
Supernumeraiy.
Thomas Hanby, Jonathan Parkin.
Robert Roberts, Richard Reece, ]\Iichael
Emmett; Christopher Hopper, Super-
numerary.
Francis Wrigley, Richard Condy, James Thorn.
Thomas Taylor, Joseph Bradford.
Daniel Jackson, John Ward; Robert
Hayward, Supernumerary.
John Booth, William Hains worth, Isaac MuflF.
Lancelot Harrison, John Beanland, James
Evans.
William Smith.
Thomas Longley, John Barber, James
Buckley.
51 Castle-Donington, John Moon, William Brown.
52 Nottingham, AVilliara Thom, John Beaumont, Thomas
Greaves, John Furness.
53 Derby, Joseph Pescod, Thomas Hutton.
54 Ashby-de-Ia-Zouch, Joseph Taylor, Richard Hardacre
40 Stockport,
41 Manchester,
42 Oldham,
43 Bolton,
44 Chester,
45 Liverpool,
46 Northwich,
47 Blackburn,
48 Colne,
49 Lancaster,
50 Leicester,
55 Sheffield,
George Highfield, Thomas
John Mason,
Cooper.
John King, George Mowat, George Sargent.
Isaac Brown, Thomas Gill, John Simpson,
Robert Harper.
58 Gainsborough, Thomas Carlill, John Peacock, John
Ramshaw.
Jasper Robinson, William Collins, Thomas
Robinson.
John Allen, William Percival, Joseph Entwisle.
James Wood, Jonathan Edraondson.
56 Grimsby,
57 Horncastle,
59 Epivorth,
60 Leeds,
61 Wakefield,
62 Huddersfield, George Gibbon, Richard Elliott.
63 Birstal, Edward Jackson, Robert Smith; Thomas
Johnson, Supernumerary.
61 Dewsbury, William Bramwell, John Nelson.
65 Bradford, Parson Greenwood, John Grant.
66 Halifax, John Pawson, Robert Lomas.
67 Keighley, James W^atson, Duncan Kay.
68 Otley, Zachariah Yewdall, W^illiam Simpson.
69 Whitehaven, Jonathan Brown, John Barritt.
1792.
261
70 Isle of Man, John Ogilvie, William Fenwick, William
Martin.
71 York, Samuel Hodgson, Joseph Thompson, Thomas
Harrison.
72 Pocklington, John Shaw, Booth Newton.
73 Hull, Alexander Mather, Robert Hopkins.
74 Bridlington, John Braithwaite, William Stephenson.
75 Scarborough, George Holder, William Butterfield, George
Sykes.
76 Wfiitby, John Stamp, John Kershaw.
77 Thirsk, Tliomas Dixon, James Ridall, Samuel Gates.
78 Stockton, William Hunter, sen., Thomas Vasey.
79 Barnard Castle, John M'Kersey, Thomas Dunn.
80 Hexham, Peter Mill, William Franklin.
81 Sunderland, John Pritchard, John Brettell, John Atkins.
82 Neivcastle, John Gaulter, Samuel Botts ; Joseph Cownley,
Supernumerary.
83 Almvick, Charles Atmore, John S. Pipe.
SCOTLAND.
84 Edinburgh,
85 Glasgow,
86 Ayr,
87 Dumfries,
88 Berivick,
89 Kelso,
90 Dundee,
91 Aberdeen,
92 Inverness,
93 Dublin,
94 TVicklow,
95 Carloiv,
96 Waterford,
97 Cork,
98 Bandon,
99 Limerick,
100 Birr,
101 Aughrim,
102 Castlebar,
103 Athlone,
Duncan M'Allum, Robert Johnson, John
Riles.
Henry Taylor.
Robert Harrison.
John Townsend.
Robert Swan. ") mi i. t,
Thomas Wood, j ^^^^^ ^'^ *^ ^^^°°^-
James Bogie, Robert Dall, Joseph Cross;
Joseph Saunderson, Supernumerary.
Alexander Kilham, James Anderson; John
Watson, Supernumerary.
John Saunderson, John Doncaster, Alexander
Cummins, Stephen Eversfield.
IRELAND.
Andrew Blair, James McDonald.
David Gordon, George Donovan.
William M'Cornoek, John Stephenson.
John Darragh, Andrew Hamilton, jun.
Walter Griffith, Jonathan Crowther.
Thomas Patterson, William Johnson, Thomas
Ridgeway.
William West, Thomas Kerr, WilUam
Hamilton, John Gillis.
Matthias Joyce, William Wilson.
Francis Armstrong, John Hurley.
John Woodrow, James Hurlev.
Thomas Davis, John Miller.,
262
1792.
Armstrong,
104 Longford, Samuel Mitchell, James M'Quigg; John
Bredin, Supernumerary.
105 SUgo, Samuel Moorhead, Blakely Dowling.
106 Ballyconnell, Joseph Armstrong, Thomas Black, James
Stuart.
107 Cavan, John Malcomson, William
William Ferguson.
108 Clones, Robert Smith, Joseph Hennin, Andrew
Hamilton, sen.; Thomas Hewett, Super-
numerary.
109 Brookborough, James E-eunick, James Irwin, Robert
Banks.
110 EnmsMllen, Matthew Stewart, Charles Graham.
111 Bally shannon, Alexander Moore, Samuel Alcorn, James
Jordan; Thomas Elliott, Supernumerary.
112 Rathmelton, Samuel Steele, James Bell.
113 Newtown Stewart, Archibald Murdoch, John Graham.
114 Charlemont, David Barrowclough, John M'Farland,
Matthias Dice; Samuel Bates, Super-
numerary.
115 Londonderry, John Dinnen, Gustavus Armstrong.
116 Coleraine, WilHam Smith, Michael Murphy, Thomas
Brown.
117 Belfast, John Grace, Samuel Wood.
118 Lisburn, John Kerr, Robert Dougherty.
119 Doivnpatrick, Thomas Barber, James M'Mullen.
120 Tanderagee, George Brown, John Cross, Thomas
M'Clellan.
121 Newry, John Crook, Matthew Tobias.
Halifax,
AMERICA.
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS,
NOVA SCOTlA AND NEW BRUNSWICK.
William Jessop, John Mann,
Elders.
Liverpool,
Shelburne,
Newport,
Cumberland,
River St. John,
Annapolis,
Thomas Whitehead.
WilHam Early.
John Cooper.
Benjamin Fizler.
John Regan.
James Boyd.
William Black,
presiding
Elder.
THE WEST INDIES.
Antigua, John Baxter, Benjamin Pearce.
Barbadoes, Matthew Lumb, John Kingston.
St. Vincent's, James Wray.
Nevis, John M'Vean.
St. Christopher's, William Warren er, Richard Pattison.
1792.
Tortola, John Harper, Thomas Owens.
Jamaica, William Fish, William Brazier, Daniel Graham.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. One hundred and eighteen.
Q. 9. How many of these are to be provided for by the
Circuits ?
A. Eislitv-two : as follows; viz., —
London, S. (Wm.) Thompson,
Rodda, Ashman, Reynolds.
Sussex, £6.
S. Warwick.
S, Boon.
S.Broadbent.
Rochester, \
Canterbury, j
Norwich, i84. \
Yarmouth, £8. j
Diss, £3.
Lynn,
Walsingham,
Bedford, S. Tattershall.
Northampton, 1 g_ ^^^^^
Oxfordshire, ) -'
Portsmouth, S. Button.
Bath, S. Moore.
Bristol, S. Bradburn, Ruther-
ford, Davies.
Shepton-Mallet, S. Harper.
Taunton, ) o t
Tiverton; [ S. Lessey.
Plymouth, S. Rhodes, Bland.
St. Austle, S. Crowther.
Redruth, S. Horner, and £6.
Penzance, S. Moseley, and £Q.
Birmingham, S. Day, Simpson.
Shrewsbury, S. Martindale.
Burslem, S. Inglis.
Macclesfield, S. Goodwin,
Snowden.
Stockport, S. MyleSjCosterdine.
Manchester, S. Clarke, Broad-
bent, (Jer.) Brettell.
Oldham, S. Bradford.
Bolton, S. Roberts.
Chester, S. Condv.
Liverpool, S. (T.)' Tayler.
Northwich, S, Ward.
Blackburn, S. Booth, and £6.
Leicester, ^ o r i
f^ L\ W • L > S.Longley.
Castle-Donmgton J ° "
Nottingham, S. Thom.
Derby, ^ S. (Jos.)
Ashby, j Taylor.
Sheffield, S. Pescod, Beau-
mont, Moon.
Grimsby, S. Mowat.
Horncastle, S. (Is.) Brown.
Gainsborough, S. Peacock.
Epworth, S. ColUns.
Leeds, S. Greenwood, Percival,
Beanland.
Wakefield, S. Wood.
Huddersfield, S. Gibbon.
Birstal, S. Bramwell.
Bradford, S. Eutwisle.
Halifax, S. Gill.
Keighley, S. Story.
Isle of Man, S. Ogilvie.
York, S. Hodgson.
Pocklington,
Bridlington,
Hull, S. Hopkins.
Scarbbrough, S. Holder.
Whitby, S. Butterfield.
Thirsk, £6.
Stockton, S. Hunter.
Hexham, £6.
Sunderland, S. Pritchard,
(John) Brettell.
Newcastle, S. Gaulter, Botts.
Ediuburgh, £6.
Ireland, S. Blair, McDonald,
Griffith, West, (Thomas)
Kerr, Joyce, Johnson, Wood-
row, Armstrong, Rennick,
Stewart, Graham, Grace.
)
S. Shaw.
Colne, S. Harrison, and ^66.
Q. 10. How are the other thirty-six wives to be provided for?
viz., — S. (Jon.) Brown, (James) Thom, Ramshaw,, Kane, Ste-
264
i7d\
vens, Tunnydiffe, Kyte, Bogie, Dall, Cross, (Jos.) Watson,
(Jos.) Thompson, (William) Stephenson, Watson, Dixon, Ridall,
i)unn. Mill, Franklin, Atkins, £6; Cousins, Atmore, Shelmer-
dine, M'Allura, £6; Johnson, (Hen.) Taylor, Tovvnsend, Swan,
Dieuaide, Dinnen, Smith, (George) Brown, Crook, (John) Kerr,
Barrowclough, Stephenson, £6.
A. Partly by the smaller subscriptions raised in the Circuits,
and partly by the Contingent Fund.
N.B. The money for the wives above-mentioned, resident in
England and Scotland, will be deposited in the hands of Mr.
Whitfield ; and that for the wives resident in Ireland, in the
hands of Mr. Blair.
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Society?
A. As follows: —
London
- 3250
Coventry
64
Sussex-
- 285
Wolverhampton
- 600
Rochester
- 310
Burslem
- 1470
Canterbury
- 300
Macclesfield
- 1214
Colchester
- 165
Stockport
- 950
Norwich
- 617
Manchester
- 1400
Diss -
- 330
Oldham
- 793
Bury -
- 180
Bolton
- 1220
Lynn -
- 245
Chester
- 600
Wells -
- 190
Liverpool
- 660
Bedford
- 550
Warrington
- 475
Northampton -
- 407
Blackburn
- 1040
Oxfordshire
- 740
Colne -
- 1010
Gloucestershire
- 324
Leicester
- 709
Worcestershire
- 363
Nottingham -
- 1140
Sarum-
- 282
Derby -
- 830
Portsmouth
- 480
Sheffield
- 1700
Isle of Jersey -
- 334
Grimsby
575
Isle of Guernsey ")
Isle of Alderney J
- 240
Horncastle
- 640
Gainsborough -
- 710
Bath -
- 900
Epworth
- 693
Bristol-
- 1600
Leeds -
- 2100
Sheptou-Mallet
- 974
Wakefield
- 744
Taunton
- 285
Huddersfield -
- 760
Tiverton ") ,
Bideford J
- 519
Birstal-
- 720
Dewsbury
- 510
Plymouth
- 880
Bradford
- 1170
St. Austle
- 1030
Hahfax
- 1124
Redruth
- 1660
Keighley
- 990
Penzance
- 1540
Otley -
- 549
Pembroke
- 207
Whitehaven
- 288
Glamorgan
- 245
Isle of Man
- 2400
Brecon
- 133
York -
- 879
Birmingham -
- 1589
Pocklington
- 463
1792.
265
Hull -
- 663
Bridlington
. 350
AMERICA.
Scarborough -
- 607
Whitby
- 514
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Thirsk -
- 641
Nova Scotia, and New ~)
Brunswick J
800
Yarm^ -
- 580
Barnard Castle
- 3S3
Newfoundland
270
Hexham
- 620
Antigua, Mulattoes
105
Sunderland
. 1154
Blacks
2329
Newcastle
- 800
Whites
36
Alnwick
- 350
St. Christophex^'s, ")
Mulattoes J
114
Edinburgh
- 209
Glasgow
- 209
Whites
28
Dumfries
49
Blacks
1424
Kelso -
29
Tortola^Coloured People
1200
Dundee
- 170
Nevis, Coloured People
394
Aberdeen
- 295
Grenada
20
Inverness
- 323
St. Vincent's, Whites -
13
Dublin
- 950
Coloured People
450
Wicklow
- 199
Barbadoes
51
Carlow
- 230
Jamaica, Whites and~)
Mulattoes J
40
Waterford
- 261
Cork -
- 390
Blacks
130
Bandon
- 230
Limerick
- 463
DOMINION OF THE STATE
Birr -
- 350
OF HOLLAND.
Castlebar
- 217
St. Eustatius -
220
Athlonp
503
Longford
- 367
In all
7,624
Sligo -
. 370
Ballyconnell -
- 800
THE UNITED STATES
i.
Cavan -
875
Clones
- 980
South Carolina.
Brookborough -
- 790
Charleston, Whites
66
Enniskillen
- 450
Blacks
119
Ballyshannon -
- 646
Kingston, Whites
116
Lisleen
- 392
Blacks
84
Omagh
- 419
Little Pee-Dee, Wliites
765
Charlemont
- 1214
Blacks
55
Londonderry -
- 318
Great Pee-Dee, Whites
317
Coleraine
- 661
Blacks
49
Belfast
- 419
Santee, Whites
354
Lisburn
- 480
Blacks -
126
Downpatrick -
. 497
Edisto, Whites
550
Tanderagee
- 970
Blacks.
121
Newry
- 517
Catauba, Whites
220
Blacks
Cherokee, Whites
29
372
InaU
75,278
Blacks
10
£66
1792.
Bush River, Whites
200
E. New River, Whites -
1160
Blacks
15
Blacks -
466
Broad Ptivei', Whites -
450
Contcutney, Whites
293
Blacks
95
Blacks
48
Uuion, W^hites
120
Virginia.
Seleuda, Whites
300
Blacks
5
Sussex, Whites
606
/~1 •
Blacks
208
Georgia.
Portsmouth, Whites -
819
Washington, Whites -
621
Blacks
574
Blacks -
114
Surrey, Whites
770
Richmond, Whites
501
Blacks
705
Blacks
72
Bedford, Whites
383
Burke, Whites
572
Blacks
89
Blacks -
43
Amherst, Whites
335
Savannah, Whites
323
Blacks
130
Blacks
4
Orange, Whites
530
North Carolina.
Blacks
Hanover, W^hites
54
640
W. New River, Whites
320
Blacks
121
Blacks -
16
Essex, Whites -
248
Russel, Whites
79
Blacks -
20
Blacks
5
Williamsburg, Whites -
473
Holstein, Whites
140
Blacks -
194
Blacks
6
Gloucester, W"hites
620
Green, W^hites
340
Blacks
62
Blacks -
3
Lancaster, Whites
586
Yadkin, Whites
401
Blacks
210
Blacks
25
Stafford, Whites
258
Salisbury, Whites
519
Blacks
19
Blacks
24
Fairfax, Whites
657
Anson, Whites
150
Blacks
141
Blacks -
56
Berkley, Whites
1024
Lincoln, Whites
429
Blacks
192
Blacks
12
Alleghany, Whites
351
Roan Oak, AVhites
5S6
Blacks
23
Blacks
352
Rockingham, Whites -
335
Pamlico, Whites
374
Blacks -
46
Blacks
50
Clarksburg, Whites
300
Guildford, Whites
420
Blacks
4
Blacks
36
Ohio^ W^hites -
350
Caswell, Whites
508
Blacks
31
Maryland.
New Hope, Whites
510
Northampton, Whites
563
Blacks
108
Blacks
203
Bladen, Whites
232
Redstone, Whites
360
Blacks
57
Blacks
7
Tar River, Whites
655
Pittsburgh, Whites
100
Blacks
162
Rauflolph, Whites
30
1792.
267
Calvert, Whites
760
Greensville, Blacks
383
Blacks
1329
Salem, Whites -
464
Severn, Whites
734
Bethel, Whites
403
Blacks
414
Blacks -
2
Montgomery, Wliites -
637
Burlington, Whites
374
Blacks -
347
Blacks
18
Baltimore, Whites
944
Trenton, Whites
420
Blacks
207
Blacks
32
Frederick, Whites
480
Flanders, Whites
304
Blacks
93
Blacks
8
Bath, Whites -
315
Newburg, Whites
412
Blacks -
41
Blacks
7
Huntingdon, Whites -
200
Elizabeth Town, Whites
321
Blacks -
2
Blacks
12
Hartford, Whites
633
New York, Whites
524
Blacks
181
Blacks
112
Baltimore Town, Whites
430
New Rochelle, Whites -
661
Blacks
181
Blacks -
16
FelFs Point, Whites -
138
Blacks
42
New York,
Annapolis, Whites
136
Long Island, Whites -
251
Blacks
223
Blacks -
17
Dover, Whites -
1022
Dutchess, Whites
473
Blacks -
396
Blacks
6
Bertie, Whites
650
Columbia, Whites
253
Blacks -
120
Blacks
3
Camden, Whites
585
New Britain, Whites -
430
Blacks
229
Cambridge, Whites
260
Banks, Whites
408
Albany, T. & C, Whites
242
Blacks -
30
Blacks
4
Bottetourt, Whites
214
Milford, Whites
720
Blacks
15
Blacks
226
Greenbrier, Whites
73
Annamessex, Whites -
325
Halifax, Whites
93
Blacks -
51
Blacks
8
Somerset, Whites
546
Franklin, Whites
287
Blacks
99
Blacks
27
Dorchester, Whites
785
Mecklenburg, Whites -
478
Blacks
459
Blacks -
25
Caroline, Whites
970
Cumberland, Whites -
385
Blacks
313
Blacks
37
Talbot, Whites
740
Amelia, Whites
651
Blacks
610
Blacks
132
Kent, Whites -
720
Brunswick, Whites
627
Blacks -
430
Blacks
200
Pennsylvania.
Jersey.
Cecil, Whites -
418
Greensville, Whites
720
Blacks -
340
268
1792.
Wilmington, Whites
Blacks
Chester, Whites
Blacks
Philadelphia, Whites
Blacks
Connecticut.
Bristol, Whites
Saratoga, Whites
Otsego, Whites
Lichfield, Whites
Fairfield, Whites
Middlefields, Whites
Hertford, Whites
Stockbridge, Whites
Massachusetts,
Lynn, Whites -
Wyoming, Whites
Limestone, Whites
Kentucky.
Lexington, Whites
Blacks
93
48
429
15
254
36
111
100
100
180
375
62
28
30
58
100
137
543
6
Dansville, Whites
Blacks
Salt River, Whites
Blacks
Cumberland, Whites
Blacks
Whites
Blacks
520
37
259
28
349
23
67
Total
49,595
13,087
62,682
AFRICA.
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People j
Total in America
Total in Europe
Total in Africa
Total in Europe,
America, and
Africa
223
70,306
75,278
223
145,807
12. What is the Kingswood Collection?
Q.
A. ^1,229. 55. M.
Q. 13. What children are admitted this year?
A. George Bradburn, nine years old ; Joseph Bradford, nine
years old ; Charles Stewart, eleven years old ; Josiali Goodwin,
near eight years old ; Charles Tunnycliffe, near nine years old ;
James Inglis, seven years old ; John Pritchard, seven years old,
Richard Summers is to remain another year.
Q. 14. What can we allow for the education of the Preachers'
children who cannot be admitted into Kingswood School ?
A. £186.
Q. 15. What is contributed towards the Preachers' Fund?
A. £714. 17*. Sd.
Q. 16. What is allowed out of it?
£. s.
A. To Thomas
Westell - 30 0
William Whitaker 20 0
Matthew Lowes - 15 0
Thomas Hanson - 20 0
John Furz - 12 0
Ann Morgan - 24 0
Lucia Bourke - 15 0
jNIary Peuington - 12 0
d.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
£. s. d.
Elizabeth Dillon - 12 0 0
Sarah Barry - 24 0 0
Sarah Navlor - 10 0 0
Sarah Hosmer - 10 0 0
Sarah Mitchell - 20 0 0
Elizabeth Jaco - 12 0 0
John Price - 30 0 0
S. Corbet - 12 0 0
Thomas Johnson - 6 6 0
1792.
269
Samuel Bates
Christopher Hopper
John Poole
James Christie
William Boothby -
Thomas Brisco
John Watson
Thomas Wride
Thomas Olivers
Georg;e Shadford -
£.
s.
d.
12
0
0
30
0
0
30
0
0
8
0
0
24
0
0
30
0
0
12
0
0
20
0
0
24
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
Richard Watkinson
Christopher Watkins 23
George Wadsworth
Mary Empringham
John Broadbent -
Thomas Tennant -
Thomas Elliott -
Thomas Hewett -
John Hampson
Joseph Jerom
Ann Wright
JohnBredin - 12 0 0 In all £677
Q. 17. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £1,443. 165. 2d.
Q. 18. How was it expended ?
£.
s.
d.
16
0
0
IS 23
0
0
13
0
0
22
0
0
22
0
0
23
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
12
0
0
6 0
£. s. d.
85 9 10
97 6 4
396 12 4
293 17 6
£. s. d.
Deficiencies in^
the allowance f
made for the T
279
10
8
children j
Sick families
98
19
0
Kent for houses,&c.
209
12
0
Travelling expenses
297
10
6
VariousContin- '^
gencies for f
the three C"
153
3
2
kingdoms J
A. Deficien-
cies of last
year'sCou-
tingencies
Law
Deficiencies of*
the salaries of
the Preach-
ers
Deficiencies of^
the salaries of /
the wives of T
thePreachersJ | £1,912 1 4
N.B. The deficiency was made up out of the profits of the
books.
Q. 19. What regulations shall be made concerning the oflflce
of the President of the Conference ?
A.\. The same President is not to be re-chosen above once
in eight years.
2. The President's power shall cease, as soon as tlie
Conference breaks up.
Q. 20. What further regulations shall be made concerning
the management of the Districts?
A.\. All the Preachers of every District respectively, who
shall be present at the Conference from time to time, shall meet
together as soon as possible after the stations of the Preachers
are finally settled, and choose a Chairman for their District out
of the present or absent members of the District Committee.
2. The Chairman so chosen shall have authority to call a
meeting of the Committee of his District, on any application of
the Preachers or people which appears to him to require it.
270 1792.
But he must never individually interfere with any other Circuit
but his own.
3. Whenever the Chairman has received any complaint
against a Preacher, either from the Preachers or the people, he
shall send an exact account of the complaint in writing to the
person accused, with the name of the accuser or accusers, before
he calls a meeting of the District Committee to examine into
the charge.
4. If it appear on just grounds to any Assistant, that the
Chairman of his District has been guilty of any crime or
misdemeanour, or that he has neglected to call a meeting of the
District Committee when there were sufficient reasons for calling
it, such Assistant shall have authority in that case to call a
meeting of the District Committee, and to fix the time and
place of meeting. The Committee, thus assembled, shall have
power, if they judge necessary, to try the Chairman, and, if
found guilty, to suspend him from being a Travelling Preacher
till the ensuing Conference, or to remove him from the office of
an Assistant, or to depose him from the chair, and to elect
another in his place.
Q. 21 . What direction is to be given concerning the children
of the Preachers?
A. No Preacher is to receive anything from the Circuits on
account of his children, after they have arrived at the age of
seventeen.
Q. 22. Who are the members of the Committee for the
inspection of Kingswood School?
A. Samuel Bradburn, Thomas Rutherford, John Valton,
Thomas M 'Geary, Thomas Roberts, James Yewer.
Q. 23. What rules shall be made concerning ordinations?
A.\. No ordination shall take place in the Methodist
Connexion without the consent of the Conference first obtained.
2. If any brother shall break the above-mentioned rule, by
ordaining or being ordained without the consent of the
Conference previously obtained, the brother so breaking the
rule does thereby exclude himself.
Q. 24. W^hat rule shall be made concerning the administration
of the Lord's Supper?
A. The Lord's Supper shall not be administered by any
person among our Societies in England and Ireland, for the
ensuing year, on any consideration whatsoever, except in
London.
Q. 25. What directions shall be given concerning our
conduct to the civil Government ?
A.\. None of us shall, either in writing or conversation,
speak lightly or irreverently of the Government under which he
lives.
2. We are to observe, th.it the oracles of God command us to
1792. 271
be subject to the higher powers ; and that honour to the King is
there connected with the fear of God,
Q. 26. What rule shall be made concerning the service in the
Church-hours ?
A. The service shall not be performed in any new place in
the Church-hours in future, without the consent of the Confer-
ence first obtained.
Q. 27. Expressions have been used by some, through a false
zeal for their own peculiar sentiments, which were very
unjustifiable. How shall we prevent this in future ?
A. No person is to call another heretic, bigot, or by any
other disrespectful name, on any account, for a diflference in
sentiment.
Q. 28. Who are the Chairmen of the Districts for the
ensuing year ?
A. As follows: —
1 London, William Thompson.
2 Norwich, Charles Boon.
3 Nottingham, Joseph Taylor.
4 Sarum, Joseph Algar.
5 Jersey, Henry Saunders.
6 Redruth, William Horner.
7 Plymouth, Benjamin Rhodes.
8 Bynstol, Henry Moore.
9 Pembroke, Thomas Roberts.
10 Birminffham, Jeremiah Brettell.
1 1 Manchester, Robert Roberts.
12 Chester, John Goodwin.
13 Halifax, John Pawson.
14 Leeds, John Allen.
15 York, Alexander Mather.
16 Grimsby, Thomas Caildl.
17 Whitby, William Hunter, sen.
18 Whitehaven, Jonathan Brown.
19 Newcastle, John Pritchard.
20 Edinburgh, Duncan M'Allura.
21 Aberdeen, James Bogie.
N.B. The Preachers in full connexion in Ireland are
desired to meet as soon as possible in their respective Districts,
and to choose their Chairmen.
Q. 29. Some Preachers have paid visits to their friends and
relations at unsuitable times, to the injury of the work of God
in their Circuits. How shall this be prevented in future?
A. No Preacher is to leave his Circuit in order to visit his
friends or relations, between the Midsummer and Michaelmas
quarter-days.
Q. 30. What directions shall be given concerning the
general Fasts?
272 1792.
A. A general Fast shall be held on the first Friday after
Christmas-day, after Lady-day, after Midsummer-day, and after
Michaelmas-day.
Q. 31. What directions shall be given concerning the
execution and enrolment of Deeds ?
A. 1. The Deed must be drawn on a parchment with a ten-
shilling stamp.
2. If it relate to a preaching-house out of London, it must
be acknowledged by the person or persons convejang the
premises to Trustees, (after the execution of it,) before a jNIaster
Extraordinary in Chancery. — N.B. Almost every eminent
attoruey-at-law in the country is a Master Extraordinary iu
Chancery.
3. It must be enrolled in Chancery within six months after
the execution of it.
Q. 32. What can be done to contract the temporal business
of the Conference?
A. Let the Committees of the Districts settle all the temporal
business of their Districts respectively as far as possible; and
let the Chairman of each District lay the accounts in writing
before the Conference.
Q. 33. Who are appointed Stewards of the Fund for the
superannuated Preachers, &c. ?
A. Alexander Mather, William Thompson, John Pawson,
Thomas Taylor.
Q. 34'. Who are .ippointed the Committee for the Fund for
the superannuated Preachers, &c. ?
A. Thomas Hanby, Robert Roberts, Thomas Coke, John
Allen, Richard Rodda, Samuel Bradburn, James Rogers,
Joseph Bradford, Benjamin Rhodes.
Q. 35. What directions are to be given concerning books?
A. No contracts shall be made by our Book-Steward, in
respect to books, with any authors or booksellers, or with any
other person.
Q. 36. Who is to hold the next Conference in Dublin, on the
first Friday of July next?
A. Alexander Mather. But if he finds that his health will
not admit of his doing it, he shall have power to delegate
another of the brethren. Or, if he go himself, he may take
Mr. Bradford with him.
Q. 37. What directions are to be given concerning the
raising of money in the Circuits for erecting or paying the debts
of houses?
A. 1. No collection shall be made in any Circuit for the
above-mentioned purpose, without the consent of the Confer-
ence.
2. No collection shall be made by any other person than a
Travelling Preacher.
1793. 273
Q. 38. What directions shall be given concerning the
attendance of the Preachers at the Conference ?
A, We aU agree to confirm our former rule, that no Preacher,
except the Assistants, and the Preachers to be admitted, and
Preachers against whom any complaint is to be lodged, shall
come to the Conference, unless the Circuit in which he
laboured bear his travelling expenses.
Q. 39. What Preacher is in reserve ?
A. Thomas Linay, of the Lynn Circuit.
Q. 40. What shall we do more to promote the work of God ?
A. We do, at this solemn hour of the night,* devote ourselves
to the service of Almighty God, in a more unreserved and
entire manner than ever we have hitherto done ; and are all
determined to spend and be spent in His blessed work. And
this our solemn dedication of ourselves to God we do unani-
mously signify by rising from our seats in the presence of the
Lord.
Q. 41 . When and where shall our next Conference be held ?
A. At Leeds, on the last Monday in July, 1793.
N.B. The Delegates of the Districts are to be in Leeds oa
the Tuesday preceding the Conference, and to begin to draw up
the plan for the Stations of the Preachers on the day following.
To the Members of our Societies who desire to receive the Lord's
Supper from the hands of their own Preachers.
Very dear Brethren,
The Conference desire us to write to you, in their name, in
the most tender and affectionate manner, and to inform you of
the event of their deliberations concerning the administration
of the Lord's Supper.
After debating the subject time after time, we were greatly
divided in sentiment. In short, we knew not what to do, that
peace and union might be preserved. At last, one of the senior
brethren (Mr. Pawson) proposed that we should commit the
matter to God, by putting the question to the lot, considering
that the oracles of God declare that "the lot causeth contentions
to cease, and parteth between the mighty :" f and again, that
" the lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is
of the Lord :" J and considering also that we have the example
of the Apostles themselves, in a matter which we thought, all
things considered, of less importance.
We accoi'dingly prepared the lots; and four of us prayed.
God was surely then present, yea. His glory filled the room.
Almost all the Preachers were in tears, and, as they afterwards
confessed, felt an undoubted assurance that God Himself would
decide. Mr. Adam Clarke was then called on to draw the lot ;
* Past ten o'clock on the 15th of August, just before the close of the Conference,
t Prov. xviii. 18. X Prov. xvi, 33.
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274 1793.
which was, " You shall not administer the sacrament the ensning
year/' All were satisfied. All submitted. All was peace.
Every countenance seemed to testify that every heart said, " It
is the Lord : let Him do what seemeth Him good." A minute
was then formed according to the previous explanation of the
lots, that the sacrament should not be administered in our
Connexion for the ensuing year, except in London. The
prohibition reaches the Clergy of the Church of England, as
well as the other brethren.
We do assure you, dear brethren, we should have been
perfectly resigned, if the lot had fallen on the other side. Yea,
we should, as far as Christian prudence and expediency would
have justified, have encouraged the administration of the Lord's
Supper by the Preachers; because we had not a doubt but God
was uncommonly present on the occasion, and did Himself decide.
Signed, in behalf .of the Conference,
ALEXANDER INIATHER, President,
THOMAS COKE, Secretary.
LEEDS, Monday, July 29, 1793.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Robert Harrison, George Lowe, Charles Tunnycliffe,
William Saunderson, John Kershaw, William Cox, Robert
Lomas, Miles INIartindale, John Nelson, John Denton, Robert
Smith, John Grant, Thomas Hutton, James Anderson, Owen
Davies, Thomas Simmonite, William Shelmerdine, Thomas
Harrison, John Saunderson, Joseph Cross, Robert Crowther,
William Hainsworth, George SN'kes, John Ramshaw.
Ireland. — George Donovan, Andrew Hamilton, jun., Thomas
Patterson, Thomas Ridgeway, James M^Ciuigg, James Irwin,
Samuel Wood.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Henry Saunders, James Lawton :
These have travelled four years.
Edward Gibbons, George Sargent, John Braithwaite, Joseph
Burgess, Richard Elliott, Thomas Trethewey, John S. Pipe,
Samuel Taylor, John Dean, John Boyle, John Doncaster, Booth
Newton, John Siiupson, William Aver, William Denton, Isaac
Lilly, William Franklin.
All these have travelled three years.
Stephen Wilson, William Mahy, Henry Mahy, James Jay,
Michael Emmett, Richard Pattison, Francis Thoresby, John
Kingston, George Deverell, James Buckley, John Foster,
Alexander Cummins, Henry Anderson, Clelaud Kirkpatrick :
All these have travelled two years.
1793. 275
Richard Gower, Joseph Kyte, Joseph Bowes, Francis Balliaii,
Joseph Robbins, John Stephens, Robert Smith, Wiliiam
Martin, John Ward, Thomas Fearnley, Richard Hardacre,
James Bridgnell, William Fen wick, Richard TrefFry, Stephen
Eversfield, James Buckley, William Brown, Thomas Linay,
John Brice, George Morley :
All these have travelled one year.
Ireland. — John Hurley, Charles Graham, William Ferguson,
Thomas Brown, Archibald Murdoch, William Smith, Samuel
Steele, John Cross, Blakely Dowling, James Bell :
These have travelled three years.
Joseph Hennin, William Armstrong, John M'Farland,
Matthew Tobias, Samuel Alcorn :
These have travelled two years.
James Stuart, Robert Banks, Thomas M'Clellan, James
Jordan, James Smith, John M ^Arthur:
These have travelled one year.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. James Ellis, John Williams, Jonathan Barker, George
Marsden, Thomas Yates, James Scholefield, Edmund Shaw,
Francis West, Patrick Kelly, James Penman, George Douglas,
John Clarke, Robert Green, William Harrison, Leonard
Ledbrook, James Lyons, James Mort, John Phillips, Charles
Gloyne, William Smith, Thomas Ingham, John Hudson.
Ireland. — James M'Kee, Robert Crozier.
West Indies. — Joseph Telford.
Q. 4. Who have died this year?
A. 1. James Wray, a faithful labourer in the Lord's vine-
yard. For several years he travelled in England with success.
His zealous spirit then led him across the Atlantic Ocean to
Nova Scotia, where he was rendered useful in his Master's cause ;
and, lastly, he closed his steady race in the island of St.
Vincent, resigning his soul into the hands of his faithful Creator,
with all that resignation, peace, and holy joy, which might be
expected from a father in Christ.
2. Joseph Cownley, aged seventy. This venerable man began
his ministry in 1744. In filling up the duties of his station, he
was fervent and diligent. In doing this, he had to combat some
of the most painful infirmities of human nature. His abilities
as a Preacher were very uncommon ; a peculiar unction generally
attended his word ; his seriousness was almost proverbial ; and
he Hved and died a copy of the truths he taught. He sought
out the retreats of wretchedness, and was found
" M'^here hopeless anguish pour'd his groan,
And lonely want retired to die. "
His end was suitable to his holy life. Death had lost lu3
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276 1793.
terrors. He said, " I desire to be dissolved, and to be with
Christ;" and, without a struggle or a groan, fell asleep in Jesus.
In him the Society lost a faithful Pastor, and the world a
burning and shining light.
3. Thomas Robinson, a steady, pious man. He was cut off
in the prime of life, and died uncommonly happy in God.
4. John Shaw. He laboured for thirty years as a Travelling
Preacher ; was useful in every Circuit where he was stationed,
and died with unshaken confidence in his God.
5. Thomas Tennant, a man of a meek and quiet spirit. He
travelled for twenty -two years, and was everywhere received as
an acceptable Preacher. His sufferings for many years were
great, arising from a deep, nervous disorder. As he hved to
God, so he died in peace.
6. Richard Watkinson, an old labourer, who for several
months before his death drank deep into the Spirit of God.
7. Andrew Blair; a man of sound understanding, deep
piety, and great zeal, steadiness, and integrity. He laboured as
an Itinerant Preacher with great faithfulness and success for
near fifteen years ; and, after suffering much in his last illness,
with great patience and meekness, died in peace.
Q. 5, Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 6. Who have desisted from travelling?
A. Charles Bond, Andrew Inglis, John M'Geary, John
Graham.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, William Thompson, Thomas Coke, James
Creighton, Peard Dickinson, Thomas
Rutherford, Thomas Warwick, Joseph Cole,
Wilham Blagborne, John Braithwaite;
Thomas Rankin, Thomas Oh vers, Super-
numeraries ; George Story, Corrector of the
Press ; George Whitfield, Book-Steward.
2 Godalming, Thomas Linay.
3 Sussex, Wilham Shelmerdine, James Lawton, James
Elhs.
4 Rochester, Thomas Bartholomew, Thomas Simmonite.
5 Canterbury, John Reynolds, William Palmer, Mark Wilhs.
W. Palmer and T. Simmonite are to
change once a quarter.
6 Colchester, William Jenkins, William Heath, James
Anderson, Thomas Fearnley.
7 Norwich, Alexander Suter, Henry Anderson.
8 Yarmouth, Charles Boon, Benjamin Leggatt.
9 Diss, Charles Kyte, Robert Green.
1793. 377
10 Bury, William Saunders, John Wittam.
11 Lynn, William Ashman, Edward Gibbons.
12 Walsingham, William Denton, Isaac Lilly.
13 Bedford, John Hickling, James Seholefield.
14 Hiyham Ferrers, Thomas Rogerson, John Williams.
15 St. Ives, (Hunts.,) Thomas Broadbent, James Mort.
16 Northampton, Owen Davies, John Wilshaw.
17 Banbury, George Deverell, George Dermott.
18 Oxfordshire, Joseph Algar, Thomas Trethewey, Leonard
Ledbrook ; John Murlin, Supernumerary.
19 Gloucestershire, Jonathan Cousins, Joseph Robbins; John
Valton, Supernumerary.
20 Worcestershire, Joseph Taylor, George Baldwin.
21 Sarum, John Easton, Abraham Moseley, Richard
Gower; Robert Carr Brackenbury, Super-
numerary.
22 Portsmouth, Charles Bland, John Cricket, Henry Saunders.
23 Isle of Jersey, Thomas Kelk, Henry Mahy.^j m, ,
24 Isle of Guernsey, Richard Reece, W. Dieu- [ .
aide, John de Queteville. C . ^ , , ^
25 Alderney, Francis Balliau, William Mahy. J
26 Bath, Henry Moore, Jonathan Barker; John Furz,
John Broadbent, Supernumeraries.
27 Bradford, Wilts., Lawrence Kane, William Holmes.
28 Bristol, Samuel Bradburn, Richard Rodda, Richard
Elliott.
29 Shepton-Mallet, Joseph Harper, Joseph Sutcliffe, John
Sandoe.
30 Taunton, George Button, John Dean, Richard Treffry;
Christopher Watkins, Supernumerary.
31 Collumpton, John Leech, John Stephens.
32 Plymouth, Benjamin Rhodes, James M, Byron, John
Boyle, Robert Smith, jun.
33 -S^^. Austle, Timothy Crowther, William Aver, John
Foster, John Clarke.
34 Redruth, William Horner, William Thoresby, Francis
Truscott ; John Poole, Supernumerary.
35 Penzance, John Smith, John Denton, James Jay, Cleland
Kirkpatrick, Thomas Yates ; John Watson,
Supernumerary.
36 Pembroke, Thomas Roberts, Samuel Taylor, Joseph Kyte.
37 Glamorganshire, WilUam Cox, Stephen Wilson, James
Lyons.
38 Brecon, William Hunter, jun., Joseph Bowes,
39 Birmingham, James Rogers, Simon Day, Jonathan
Edmondson.
40 Wolverhampton, Theophilus Lessey, William Saunderson.
41 ShreiDsbury, Miles Martindale, Charles Tannycliffe.
278 1793.
42 Burslem, John Goodwin, Joseph Burgess, James
Brid{2;nell.
43 Leek, James Thorn, Robert Crowther.
44 Macclesfield, John IMason, George Highfield, George Lowe;
George Shadford, Supernumerary.
45 Stockport, John Pritchard, William Simpson, George
Marsden.
46 Manchester, Joseph Benson, Jeremiah Brettell.
47 Oldham, Robert Roberts, William Myles.
48 Bolton, Thomas Taylor, Robert Miller; Christopher
Hopper, Supernumerary.
49 Wigan, Thomas Davis, James Watson.
50 Chester, John Booth, Richard Condy, Samuel
Bardsley.
51 Liverpool, John Pawson, Adam Clarke.
52 Northivich, Daniel Jackson, Richard Seed.
53 Blackburn, George Snowden, John Atkins, John Furness,
Richard Hardacre.
54 Colne, Lancelot Harrison, Charles Gloyne, John
Ward.
55 Leicester, John Ba;;ber, William Brown.
56 Hinckley, Thomas Longley, Michael Marshall.
57 Castle-Donivgton, John Beaumont, Thomas Greaves.
58 Nottingham, William Thom, James Hall, James Buckley.
59 Newark, Thomas Dunn, Edmund Shaw.
60 Derby, Jonathan Parkin, Thomas Hutton.
61 Ashby, Joseph Pescod, George Morley.
62 Sheffield, John Moon, Thomas Cooper.
63 Botherham, William Stevens, John Saundersou.
64 Grimsby, John King, Thomas Gill, Francis West.
65 Horncastle, Isaac Brown, Robert Smith, John Bricc,
William Harrison.
66 Gainsborough, Jasper Robinson, George Mowat, George
67 Epworth,
68 Leeds,
69 Wakefield,
Sargent.
Thomas Carlill, William Collins, John
Simpson.
Thomas Hanby, John Allen, Joseph Entwisle.
William
James Wood, Samuel Gates;
Boothby, Supernumerary.
70 Huddersfield, George Gibbon, William Smith.
71 Birstal, William Bramwell, Duncan Kay; Thomaa
Johnson, Supernumerary.
72 Dewsbury, Edward Jackson, John Nelson.
73 Bradford, Parson Greenwood, Michael Emmett.
74 Halifax, Charles Atmore, Robert Lomas.
75 Keighley, Robert Hopkins, William Ilainsworth.
76 Otley, Zachariah Yewdall, John M'Kersey.
77 Whitehaven, John Ogilvie, William Martin.
1793.
279
78 Isle of Man, George Holder, William Fenwick, John
Phillips.
79 York, Francis Wrigley, William Percival, John
Brettell.
80 Pocklington, Peter Mill, Booth Newton.
81 Hull, Alexander Mather, Jonathan Brown, John
Grant.
82 Bridlington, William Stephenson, James Evans.
83 Scarborough, Thomas Dixon, Thomas Tattershall, Robert
Harrison.
John Stamp, George Sjkes.
Thomas Harrison, John Beanland, James
Eidall.
William Hunter, sen., Supernumerary; John
Croshj'^, John Kershaw.
87 Barnard-Castle, Wilh'ara Butterfield, William Franklin;
Joseph Thompson, Supernumerary.
John Barritt, John Rarashaw.
Samuel Hodgson, Samuel Botts, John S. Pipe.
Henry Taylor, John Peacock.
John Gaulter, John Riles.
84 Whitby,
85 Thirsk,
86 Stockton,
88 Hexham,
89 Sunde7-land,
90 Newcastle,
91 Almoick,
SCOTLAND.
92 Edinburgh, Duncan M'AUum, John Doncaster, Stephen
Eversfield.
94 G^reenock } ^^^tthew Lumb, Robert Dall.
I
95 Ayr,
96 Dumfries,
97 Berivick,
98 Kelso,
99 Dundee,
Robert Swan.
Robert Johnson.
Thomas Wood.
James Bogie, John Town send, Alexander
Cummins, James Penman,
100 Aberdeen, Alexander Kilham, Joseph Saunderson;
Thomas Vasey, Supernumerary.
101 Inverness, Joseph Cross, George Douglas, Patrick Kelly,
Thomas Ingham.
IRELAND.
102 Dublin, Joseph Bradford, William Smith.
103 Wicklow, John Woodrow, John Gillis.
104 Carlow, Alexander Moore, WiUiam Johnson.
105 Waterford, Jonathan Crowther, Matthias Joyce.
106 Cork, Walter Griffith, Thomas Patterson.
107 Bandon, John Darragh, James M'Quigg.
108 Mallow, Andrew Hamilton, jun., John Hurley,
109 Limerick, David Gordon, WiUiam Wilson.
110 Birr, John Stephenson, Robert Banks.
280
1793.
111 Aughrim,
112 Castlebar,
113 Athlone,
114 Longford,
115 Sligo,
Samuel Mitchell, Blakely Dowling.
Robert Smith, Andrew Hamilton, sen.
William M'Coruock, Samuel Wood; John
Bredin, Supernumerary.
Gustavus Armstrong, George Brown.
Archibald Murdoch, John Miller.
116 Ballyconnell, Samuel Moorhead, James Irwin, Thomas
M'Clellan.
117 Cavan, Francis Armstrong, Thomas Ridgeway, Robert
Crozier.
118 Clones, Joseph Armstrong, John Cross, James Smith.
119 Brookborough, Thomas Barber, Thomas Hewett.
120 EnniskiUen, Charles Graham, Michael Murphy, James
BeU.
121 Ballyshannon, William Ferguson, James Stuart; Thomas
Elliott, Supernumerary.
122 Neivtown-Stewart, William Hamilton, William Armstrong,
James Jordan; John M'Farland,
Supernumerary.
123 Charlemont, David Barrowclough, Thomas Brown, Samuel
Alcorn.
124 Londonderry, John Dinnen, Samuel Steele.
125 Coleraine, John Crook, Matthew Tobias.
126 Ballymena, George Donovan, James M'Mullen.
127 Belfast, John Grace, Joseph Hennin.
128 Lisburn, James M'Donald, John Malcomson.
129 Downpairick, Matthew Stewart, John M'Arthur.
130 Tanderagee, John Kerr, James Rennick, Robert
erty.
131 Newry, William West, James M'Kee.
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN AMERICA.
NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK.
Halifax, \ Isaac Lunsford.
Norton, ] James Boyd.
These are to change every six weeks.
Liverpool, Daniel Fidler.
John Mann.
James Mann, William Gran-
dine, Duncan M'Coll.
Benjamin Wilson. • j
Dough-
Newport,
New Brunswick,
Cumberland,
William Black,
Elder.
Antigua,
Barbadoes,
uumerary.
Grenada, Abraham Bishop
St. Christopher's, John Harper,
Telford.
AVEST INDIES.
John Baxter, William Warrener.
Daniel Graham; Benjamin Pearce,
Super-
Richard Pattison, Joseph
1793.
Nevis,
281
John Kingston. — N.B. The unmarried Preachers
of St. Christopher's and Nevis are to change
every half year.
Tortola, Thomas Owens, John M'Vean.
Jamaica, Wilham Fish.
Missionaries, Thomas Dobson, Francis Thoresby.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. One hundred and twenty-one.
Q. 9. How many of these are to be provided for by the
Circuits ?
A. Eighty-two: as follows; viz., —
S. Reynolds.
}
I S. Boon
Ashman.
London, S. (Wm.) Thompson,
Rutherford, Warwick, (Tho.)
Broadbent.
Sussex, £Q.
Rochester,
Canterbury,
Norwich, £4.
Yarmouth, £8.
Diss, m.
Lynn,
Walsingham,
Worcestershire, £Q.
Sarum, £6.
Portsmouth, S. Bland.
Bath, S. Moore.
Bristol, S. Bradburn, Rodda,
Kane.
Shepton-Mallet, S. Harper.
Taunton, 1 q
Collumpton, j '
Plymouth, S. Rhodes, and £6.
St. Austle, S. Crowther.
Redruth, S. Horner, and £Q.
Penzance, S. Smith, and £Q.
Birmingham, S. Day, Crosby.
Shrewsbury, S. Martindale.
Burslem, S. Goodwin.
Macclesfield, S. (James) Thom.
Stockport, S. Simpson, Ward.
Manchester, S. Brettell, Myles,
Ogilvie.
Oldham, S. (R.) Roberts.
Bolton, S. (T.) Taylor.
Chester, S. Condy.
Liverpool, S. Clarke, Booth.
Northwich, S. (Dan.) Jackson.
Blackburn, S. Snowden,andj66.
Button.
Colne, S. Harrison, and £Q.
Leicester, ) c i? v,
Castle-Donington, j ^-^aroer.
Nottingham, S. (Wm.) Thom.
Newark, S. Dunn.
Derby, £6.
Ashby, S. Pescod.
Sheffield, S. Moon, Stevens,
Beaumont.
Grimsby, S. Gill.
Horncastle, S. (Is.) Brown.
Gainsborough, S. Mowat.
Epworth, S. Collins.
Leeds, S. Entwisle, Butterfield,
Barritt.
Wakefield, S. (James) Wood.
Huddersfield, S. Gibbon.
Birstal, S. Bramwell.
Bradford, S. Greenwood.
Halifax, S. Atmore, and £Q.
Keighley, S. Hopkins.
Isle of Man, S. Watson.
York, S. Percival.
Pocklington,
Bridlington,
Hull, S. (Jon.) Brown.
Scarborough, S. Tattershall.
Whitby, S. Holder.
Thirsk, £Q.
Stockton, S. Hunter.
Hexham, £Q.
Sunderland, S. Hodgson, Botts.
Newcastle, S. (H.) Taylor,
Peacock.
Edinburgh, £(S.
Ireland, S. Bradford, Smith,
Woodrow, Johnson, Joyce,
Y-
Mill.
283
1793.
Griffith, Gordon, Stephen- (T.) Barber, Graham, Bar-
son, .£6 ; M'Cornock, (Geo.) rowclough.
Brown, Miller, Armstrong,
Q. 10. How are the other thirty-nine to be provided for? viz., —
S. Shelmerdine, Hickling, Davies, Algar, Cousins, (Jos.) Taylor,
Baldwin, Moseley, (John) Broadbent, Lessey, Kelk, Tunnycliffe,
Kyte, Atkins, £6; Parkin, (John) Brettell, (Will.) Stephenson,
Dixon, Franklin, Ramshaw, Gaulter, (Tho.) Wood, M'Allum,
Lumb, Dall, Johnson, Bogie, Cross, Townsend, Swan, Arm-
strong (in part), Dinnen, Crook, M'Mullen, Grace, M'Douald,
Stewart, Reunick, West.
A. Partly by the smaller subscriptions raised in the Circuits,
and partly by the Contingent Fund.
N.B. The money for the wives above-mentioned, resident in
England and Scotland, will be deposited in the hands of Mr.
Whitfield ; and that for the wives resident in Ireland, in the
hands of Mr. Bradford.
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Society?
A. As follows : —
London
- 3150
Penzance
- 1271
Sussex-
- 312
Pembroke
- 193
Rochester
- 315
Glamorgan
- 262
Canterbury
- 298
Brecon
- 128
Colchester
- 235
Birmingham -
- 1235
Norwich
- 240
Shrewsbury
- 395
Yarmouth
- 325
Wolverhampton
. 446
Diss
- 343
Burslem
- 1370
Bury -
- 210
Macclesfield
- 1300
Lynn -
- 270
Stockport
- 1060
Walsingham -
- 240
Manchester
- 1500
Bedford
- 660
Oldham ' -
- 836
Northampton -
- 423
Bolton -
- 1193
Oxfordshire
- 776
Chester
- 617
Gloucestershire
- 324
Liverpool
- 666
Worcestershire
- 375
Northwich
- 488
Sarum -
- 314
Blackburn
- 1090
Portsmouth
- 500
Colne -
- 1030
Isle of Jersey -
- 267
Leicester
- 494
Isle of Guernsey
1 250
Castle-Donington
- 395
Isle of Alderney
Nottingham
- 1180
Bath -
- 970
Derby -
- 420
Bristol-
- 1650
Ashbv -
- 440
Shepton-Mallet
- 990
Sheffi'eld
- 1661
Taunton
- 338
Grimsby
- 570
Collumpton
- 470
Horn castle
- 607
Plymouth
- 900
Gainsborough -
- 669
St. Austle
- 1020
Epworth
- 680
Redruth
- 1537
Leeds -
- 2120
1793.
283
Wakefield
- 770
Brook borough -
_
670
Huddersfield -
- 830
Enniskillen
_
531
Birstal -
- 820
Ballyshannon -
_
598
Dewsbury
- 630
Rathmelton
.
253
Bradford
- 1180
Newtown-Stewart
-
390
Halifax
- 1103
Charlemont
-
1054
Keighley
- 1020
Londonderry -
-
386
Otley -
- 690
Coleraine
-
641
Whitehaven
- 300
Belfast
-
430
Isle of Man -
- 2330
Lisburn
-
550
York -
- 890
Downpatrick ••
-
440
Pocklington
- 466
Tanderagee
-
913
Hull -
- 640
Newry -
-
487
Bridlington
- 354
Gibraltar
-
100
Scarborough -
Whitby
6.S3
- UOkj
- 517
In all
75,025
Thirsk-
- 643
Stockton
- 591
AMERICA.
Barnard Castle -
- 400
Hexham
- 650
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Sunderland
- 1064
Nova Scotia and New Bi
'uns-
Newcastle
- 800
wick.
Alnwick
- 320
Halifax
.
125
Edinburgh
- 187
Shelburne
_
180
Glasgow
- 160
Liverpool
.
60
^^''' r -
31
Newport
.
90
Dumfries
48
Horton
_
100
Berwick
34
Annapolis
_
80
Kelso -
32
New Brunswick
_
224
Dundee
- 200
Cumberland -
_
130
Aberdeen
- 300
Inverness
.. 321
TVest Indies.
Dublin
- 890
Antigua, Whites
_
36
Wick low
- 100
Coloured people
105
Carlow-
- 335
Blacks
-
2279
Waterford
- 264
Barbadoes, Whites
-
34
Cork -
- 350
Coloured people
7
Bandon
- 213
Blacks
-
10
Limerick
- 456
Grenada
-
80
Birr
- 140
St. Vincent's, Whites
-
4
Aughrira
- 200
Coloured people
}
450
Castlebar
- 220
and Blacks
Athlone
- 437
Dominica
20
Longford
- 379
St. Christopher's, Whites
33
SHgo -
- 393
Coloured people
}
1522
Ballyconnell -
- 668
and Blacks
Cavan -
- 736
Nevis -
394
Clones -
- 840
Montserrat
-
13
284
1793.
Tortola, Whites
_
6
Camden, Whites
530
Coloured people
and Blacks
}
1400
Blacks
Banks, Whites -
278
174
Jamaica, Whites
24
Blacks -
4
Coloured people
46
Bottetourt, Whites
221
Blacks
-
170
Blacks
15
DOMINION OF THE STATES OP
Greenbrier, Whites
118
HOLLAND.
Blacks
2
St. Eustatius -
.
220
Cowpasture, Whites
36
Blacks
3
In all
7,840
Bedford, Whites
Blacks
434
99
THE UNITED STATES
•
Randolph, Whites
36
Virffinia.
Clarksburg, Whites
267
Amherst, Whites
_
345
Rockingham, Whites -
350
Blacks
_
123
Blacks -
46
Orange, Whites
.
540
Frederick, Whites
700
Blacks
_
58
Blacks
90
Hanover, Whites
.
520
Berkley, Whites
350
Blacks
_
138
Blacks
95
Gloucester, Whites
_
658
Fairfax, Whites
675
Blacks
.
74
Blacks
114
Williamsburg, Whites
-
490
Stafford, Whites
300
Blacks
.
234
Blacks
20
Pomonkey, Whites
.
112
Lancaster, Whites
586
Blacks
_
37
Blacks
210
Franklin, Whites
_
567
Blacks
_
68
North Carolina.
Bedford, Whites
.
499
Yadkin, Whites
439
Blacks
_
43
Blacks
14
Cumberland, Whites
.
384
Lincoln, Whites
453
Blacks
.
37
Blacks
39
Mecklenburg, Whites
.
479
Anson, Whites
241
Blacks
-
32
Blacks
40
Amelia, Whites
.
645
Salisbury, Whites
565
Blacks
.
139
Blacks
31
Brunswick, Whites
.
677
Roan Oak, Whites
573
Blacks
.
233
Blacks
459
Greensville, AVhites
.
735
New Hope, Whites
678
Blacks
,
219
Blacks
145
Sussex, Whites
.
565
Bladen, Whites
403
Blacks -
_
168
Blacks
64
Surrey, Whites-
.
831
Tar River, Whites
627
Blacks -
.
800
Blacks
116
Bertie, Whites -
.
598
Quotentney, Whites -
407
Blacks -
_
163
Blacks
105
Portsmouth, Whites
.
787
Trent, Whites -
719
Blacks
_
557
Blacks -
520
1793.
i85
Pamlico, Whites - 346
Blacks - 59
Caswell, Whites - 517
Blacks - 75
Guildford, Whites - 613
Blacks - 57
Mattamaskeat, Whites - 164
Blacks - 47
Scoperlong, Whites - 167
Blacks - 10
South Carolina.
Charleston, Whites - 48
Blacks - - 82
Edisto, Whites- - 538
Blacks - - 163
Little Pee-Dee, Whites 700
Blacks 33
Great Pee-Dee, Whites 260
Blacks - 53
Santee, Whites - 300
Blacks - 150
Catauba, Whites - 229
Blacks . 22
Cherokee, Whites - 453
Blacks - 11
Bush River, Whites - 76
Blacks - 12
Broad River, Whites - 500
Blacks - 86
Union, Whites - 236
Blacks - - 24
Seleuda, Whites - 266
Blacks - 6
George-Town, Whites - 49
Blacks - 100
Washington, Whites - 332
Blacks - 91
Richmond, Whites - 590
Blacks - 85
Georgia, Holstein, and
Kentucky.
Burke, Whites - 430
North Savannah, Whites 106
Oconee, Whites - 220
Blacks - 21
Elbert, Whites - 186
Blacks - 25
New River, Whites - 278
Blacks - 17
Holstein, Whites - 214
Blacks - 13
Green, Whites - 266
Blacks - - 8
Russel, Whites - 115
Blacks - 2
Lexington, Whites - 562
Blacks - 41
Dansville, Whites - 597
Blacks - 44
Linaestone, Whites - 149
Blacks - 7
Salt River, Whites - 381
Blacks - 27
Maryland.
Cumberland, Whites - 370
Blacks - 57
Calvert, Whites - 700
Blacks - 1200
Annapolis, Whites - 170
Blacks - 243
Severn, Whites - 900
Blacks - - 450
Baltimore, Whites - 950
Blacks - 200
Prince George, Whites- 40
Montgomery, Whites - 650
Blacks - 350
Frederick, Whites - 500
Blacks - 100
Bath, Whites - - 320
Blacks - - 41
Huntingdon, Whites - 215
Blacks - 2
Northumberland,Whites 250
Little York, Whites - 200
Blacks - 5
Hartford, Whites - 630
Blacks - 181
Baltimore Town, Whites 450
Blacks 190
Fell's Point, Whites - 120
Blacks - 42
Dover, Whites - 941
Blacks - - 477
286
1793.
Milford, Whites
846
Ehzabeth Town, Whites
190
Blacks
310
Blacks
3
Somerset, "Whites
615
Newburg, Whites
394
Blacks
95
Blacks
6
Northampton, Whites -
600
Wyoming, Whites
106
Blacks -
Annamessex, Whites -
248
337
Neiv Jersey.
Blacks
75
Bristol, Whites
162
Dorset, Whites
643
Blacks
6
Blacks -
390
Trenton, Whites
390
Talbot, Whites
400
Blacks
33
Blacks -
343
Flanders, Whites
268
Caroline, Whites
799
Burlington, Whites
507
Blacks
271
Blacks
47
Queen Ann, Whites
532
Bethel, Whites
457
Blacks
416
Blacks -
3
Kent, Whites -
395
Salem, Whites
554
Blacks -
472
Blacks -
23
Cecil, Whites -
416
New England.
Blacks -
290
Dutchess, Whites
546
Pennsylvania.
Blacks
Columbia, Whites
7
226
Ohio, Whites -
364
Blacks
3
Blacks -
6
Pittsfield, Wliites
224
Pittsburg, Whites
156
Albany, Whites
261
Bedstone, Whites
361
Cataraqui, Whites
165
Blacks
10
Cambridge, Wliites
315
Alleghany, Whites
360
Saratoga, Whites
182
Blacks
23
Otsego, Whites
207
Tioga, Whites -
71
Lichfield, Whites
428
Philadelphia, Whites -
297
Blacks
1
Blacks
31
Fairfield, Whites
220
Wilmington, Whites -
83
Middletown, Whites -
124
Blacks
41
Hartford, Whites
195
Chester, Whites
367
Lynn, Whites -
118
Blacks
3
Boston, Whites
15
New York.
Needham, Whites
Providence
34
'^Jp■^)l7' TJnplipllp ^W^ViitPS -
390
Blacks -
11
Total number of "^
Croton, Whites
318
Whites and >
66,191
Blacks -
7
Blacks )
New York, Whites
511
Blacks
130
AFRICA.
Long Island, Whites -
266
Blacks -
23
Sierra Leone, Co- \
loured people )
223
Staten Island, Whites -
77
Blacks -
3
-
1793.
287
Total in Europe, "^
America, and > 149,279
Africa j
Total in Europe 75,025
Total in America 74,031
Total in Africa 223
Q. 12. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £1,177. I6s. 5d.
Q. 13. What children are admitted this year?
A. Charles Tuunycliffe, nine years old ; Matthias Joyce, ten
years old; James Rogers, eight years old; Charles Graham,
eleven years old; William West, eight years old; Matthew
Stewai't, six years old; Ebenezer Hern, eight years old.
Q. 14. What can we allow at present for the education of the
Preachers' children who cannot be admitted into Kingswood
School?
A. £234.
Q. 15. What is contributed for the Preachers' Fund?
A. £1,084. 13s lOd.
Q. 16. What is allowed out of it?
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
A. To Thomas \
Westell j
35
0
0
John Watson
12
0
0
Thomas Wride
20
0
0
William Whitaker
20
0
0
Thomas Olivers
24
0
0
Matthew Lowes -
15
0
0
George Shadford -
12
0
0
Thomas Hanson -
20
0
0
Ann Wright
12
0
0
John Furz
15
0
0
John Bredin
12
0
0
Ann Morgan
24
0
0
Ch ristopher Watkins
23
0
0
Lucia Bourke
15
0
0
George Wadsworth
12
0
0
Mary Penington -
12
0
0
Mary Empringham
12
0
0
Elizabeth Dillon -
12
0
0
John Broadbeut -
22
0
0
Sarah Barry
20
0
0
Thomas Elliott -
12
0
0
Sarah Nay lor
10
0
0
John Hampson
12
0
0
S. Hosmer
10
0
0
Joseph Jerom
12
0
0
Sarah Mitchell
20
0
0
John M'Farland -
12
0
0
Elizabeth Jaco
15
0
0
Susan nahWatkinson 16
0
0
John Price
16
0
0
Esther Tennant
23
0
0
S. Corbet -
15
0
0
Margaret Shaw
30
0
0
Thomas Johnson -
7
7
0
Mary Blair
16
0
0
Samuel Bates
12
0
0
Joseph Thompson
29
0
0
Christopher Hopper
30
0
0
Robert Costerdine
29
0
0
John Poole
30
0
0
Robert Hayward -
19
0
0
James Christie
12
0
0
Benjamin Pearce -
12
0
0
William Boothby -
24
0
0
-
"'"^"—
Thomas Brisco
30
0
0
In all £802
7
0
Q. 17. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £1,365. Us. 7d.
Q. 18. How has it been expended? £.
£. s. d. Deficiencies of the"^
s. d.
Deficiencies of the 'I
Preachers' sala- >-244 15
ries J
salaries of
wives of
Preachers
the
the
187 16 0
8 1793.
£. s. d.
Rent for houses^ &c. 589 4 9
Travelling expenses 295 19 8
£. s. d.
Deficiencies in the")
allowance made > 311 6 0
for the children 3
Sick families 156 12 6 In all £1,785 14 0
N.B. The deficiency was made up out of the profits of the
books.
Q. 19. Who are the Chairmen for tlie Districts ?
A. 1 London, William Thompson.
2 Norwich, Charles Boon.
3 Nottinyham, William Thom.
4 Sarwn, John Easton.
5 Jersey, Richard Reece.
6 Redruth, William Horner.
7 Plymouth, Benjamin Rhodes.
8 Bristol, Samuel Bradburn.
9 Pembroke, Thomas Roberts.
10 Birmingham, James Rogers.
11 Manchester, John Pawson.
12 Chester, John Mason.
13 Halifax, Parson Greenwood.
14 Leeds, Thomas Hanby.
15 York, Alexander Mather.
16 Grim,sby, John King.
17 Whitby, William Hunter, sen.
18 Whitehaven, John Ogilvie.
19 Newcastle, Samuel Hodgson.
20 Edinburgh, Duncan M'Allum.
21 Aberdeen, Joseph Saunderson.
22 Dublin, Joseph Bradford.
23 Cork, Walter Griffith.
24 Athlone, William M'Cornock.
25 Clones, Thomas Barber.
26 Londonderry, George Donovan.
27 Charlemont, John Kerr.
Q. 20. What direction shall be given concerning the election
of a President ?
A. No person shall vote for the President by proxy.
Q. 21. What direction shall be given concerning super-
annuated Preachers ?
A. Every Preacher shall be considered as a Supernumerary
for four years after he has desisted from travelling, and shall
afterwards be deemed superannuated.
Q. 22. What directions shall be given concerning the future
attendance of the Preachers at the Conference ?
A. 1. No Preachers shall attend the Conference, except those
whose expenses are borne by their respective Circuits, or by
themselves, to and from the Conference,
2. Every Assistant shall be at liberty to attend the Conference
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or not ; but, in case of absence, he shall send all his papers which
are necessary by the Delegate of his District.
3. One Preacher only shall attend the Conference from
Ireland, and one from Scotland.
Q. 23. What directions shall be given concerning the division
of Circuits?
A. No division shall be made in a Circuit, where it does not
appear to the District-Meeting, the Committee of Delegates,
and the Conference, that there is such an enlargement of the
work of God as requires it.
Q. 24. Who are the Book-Committee for the ensuing year?
A. All the Preachers stationed in London; who shall have
united to them, as corresponding members, Messrs. Pawson,
Mather, Benson, Bradburn, Clarke, Moore, and T. Taylor.
N.B. The Committee in London are to consult the correspond-
ing members, in respect to all publications of importance,
previously to their being committed to the press.
Q. 25. What direction shall be given concerning the admission
of Preachers into full connexion ?
A. Every Preacher, before he be admitted into full connexion,
shall draw out a sketch of his life and experience.
Q. 26. Are there any further directions concerning the
expenses of the Conference ?
A. 1. All letters not directed or belonging to the President,
or the Committee of Delegates, are to be paid for by the Circuits
respectively from which the Preachers come. 2. All the horses
are to be paid for in the same way.
Q. 27. Is any regulation to be made concerning class-
meetings ?
A. All Local Preachers shall meet in class. No exception
shall be made in respect to any who have been Travelling
Preachers in former years.
Q. 28. Are any directions to be given concerning the building
of preaching-houses and dwelling-houses?
A. 1. All matters relating to the building of preaching-houses
and dwelling-houses shall be determined in future in the
District-Meetings. 2. All matters relating to the payment of
the debts of houses, collections for houses, and everything that
appertains to preaching-houses and dwelling-houses, shall be
considered and settled in the District-Meetings.
Q. 29. Is any direction to be given concerning suspended or
expelled Preachers ?
A. No Preacher who has been suspended or expelled shall on
any account be employed as a Local Preacher, without the
authority of the Conference.
Q. 30. Shall any alteration be made concerning the exercise
of the office of a Chairman of a District ?
A. 1. If any Preacher be accused of immorality, the Preacher
accused, and his accuser, shall respectively choose two Preachers
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of their District ; and tlie Chairman of the District shall, with
the four Preachers chosen as above, try the accused Preacher ;
and they shall have authoi'ity, if he be found guilty, to suspend
him till the ensuing Conference, if they judge it expedient.
2. If there be any difference between the Preachers in a
District, the respective parties shall choose two Preacliers ; and
tiie Chairman of the District, with the four Px-eachers so chosen,
shall be final arbiters to determine the matters in dispute.
In both cases the Chairman shall have a casting-voice, in case
of an equality.
Q. 31. Who are the Preachers that remain in reserve, who
may be called out into Circuits, if wanted ?
A. 1. Thomas Bennett, of the Worcester Circuit, — a single man.
2. Richard Waddy, of the York Circuit, — single.
3. George Fisher, of the Newark Circuit, — single. He
cannot be called out before Christmas.
4. Edward Turner, of the Oxford Circuit, — single.
5. James Gill, of the Wolverhampton Circuit, — single.
6. Anthony Seckerson, of the Birmingham Circuit, — with a
wife only.
7. John Hudson, of the Bradford Circuit, — with a wife and
one child.
8. James Holland, of the Manchester Circuit, — with a wife
and one child.
9. John Farrar, of the Halifax Circuit, — with a wife and. two
children.
10. Robert Cousins, of the Gainsborough Circuit,— with a
wife and two children,
11. Samuel Pollett, of the Bradford Circuit, — with a wife and
three children.
Q. 32. Are there any directions to be given concerning the
dress of our Preachers ?
A. No gowns, cassocks, bands, or surplices shall be worn by any.
Q. 33. Is any direction to be given concerning titles and
distinctions ?
A. 1. The title of Reverend shall not be used by us towards
each other in future.
2. The distinction between ordained and unordained
Preachers shall be dropped.
Q. 34. Who is appointed President of the next Irish
Conference ?
A. Thomas Coke, who is authorized to visit the Circuits in
Ireland the ensuing year.
Q. 35. Who are the Committee for Kingswood School ?
A. Samuel Bradburn, Richard Rodda, Henry Moore, John
Valton.
Q. 36. The fund for the support of the Missions in the West
Indies being exhausted, yea, considerably in debt, what can be
done for its relief?
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A. A genei'al collection shall be made for the Missions in our
congregations, for this year.
Q. 37. When and where shall our next Conference be held?
A. In Bristol, on the last Monday in July, 1794.
CIRCULAR LETTERS.
LETTER I.
An Address to the Members of the Methodist Societies
throughout England, from the Conference assembled at
Leeds, August 6, 1793.
Dear Brethren,
We feel it our duty to send you this Address, lest the
insinuations of any who are enemies to our prosperity and
unity should grieve your minds, and injure the work of God.
Our venerable fatiier, who is gone to his great reward, lived
and died a member and friend of the Church of England. His
attachment to it was so strong and so unshaken, that nothing
but irresistible necessity induced him to deviate from it in any
degree. In many instances God Himself obliged him to do this ;
He powerfully called him forth into the streets and open fields,
and afterwards raised to his assistance hundreds of men who
never passed through the usual forms of ordination. To all these
evident providences of God Mr. Wesley submitted, though at
first with great reluctance. In consequence, he found himself
obliged to erect chapels, which were neither consecrated accord-
ing to the usual method of the Church of England, nor in the
least subject to the direction of the National Episcopacy. In
all these things he deviated from the Establishment merely on the
ground of unavoidable necessity ; or, which is the same to a truly
pious soul, from the clear manifested providence and will of God.
A dilemma, or difficulty, of a similar kind has been
experienced by us since the death of Mr. Wesley. A few of
our Societies have repeatedly importuned us to grant them the
liberty of receiving the Lord's Supper from their own Preachers.
But, desirous of adhering most strictly to the plan which Mr.
Wesley laid down, we again and again denied their request.
The subject, however, is now come to its crisis. We find that
we have no alternative, but to comply with their requisition, or
entirely to lose them. O, brethren, we " hate putting away \" —
especially those who are members of the mystical body of Christ,
and our dearly beloved brethren ; and whose only error, where
they do err, is that of the judgment, and not of the heart. And
can we suffer these to forsake their faithful Pastors, and possibly
to run into the jaws of some ravening wolf, when the point in
contest must be allowed by all to be unessential to salvation?
But we are not insensible that our brethren on the other side
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may justly urge, " Are not our interests as dear to you as theirs ?
Why then will you grieve us in so tender a point ? Why will
you oppose us in those particulars which we think of very great
importance to the prosperity of Zion? Why will you force
upon us a term of communion to which we never consented, or
expect us to remain united to those who will be ever grieving us
by pressing the necessity of compliance with that which we
judge to be highlj'- injurious to the cause of God?"
Such is the dilemma, dear brethren, to which we have been
reduced. We allow the full force of the arguments which the
brethren who disapprove of the administration of the Lord's
Supper urge as above : nor can we, on any consideration, lay on
them a new term of communion, or suffer a single yerson
among them to be grieved by the reasonings of those who wish
for an innovation in our plan. We therefore weighed this
delicate subject with the greatest seriousness and deliberation,
feeling the teuderest pity for those of our brethren who thought
themselves aggrieved; and came finally to the following resolu-
tion: "That the sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall not be
administered by the Preachers in any part of our Counexion,
except where the whole Society is unanimous for it, and will not
be contented ivithout it ; and, even in those few exempt Societies,
it shall be administered, as far as practicable, in the evening
only, and according to the form of the Church of England."
For we could not bear that the Sacrament, which was instituted
by our Lord as a bond of peace and union, should become a
bone of contention ; and are determined never to sanction the
administration of that holy ordinance for the purpose of strife
and division.
You may clearly see from hence, dear brethren, that it is the
people, in the instances referred to, who have forced us into this
further deviation from our union to the Church of England,
Still, we wish to be united to it as a body at large. The few
Societies which answer the description mentioned in the above
resolution, need but have a small influence on the whole
Connexion. We cannot, however, we will not, part with any of
our dear flock, who love God and man, on account of unessential
points. Eor we love you all, and are the servants of you all for
Jesus' sake. But we entreat our Societies at large (the few
exempt cases excepted) to continue, as usual, in connexion with
the Church of England ; and Ave shall, with great cheerfulness
and contentment, labour among them according to tiiat simple
original plan of Methodism established and left to us by our
venerable friend.
We must observe to you, in conclusion, that we feel the most
unfeigned loyalty to the King, and a sincere attachment to the
Constitution. We reverence the Government ; are conscious of
the many blessings we enjoy under our gracious Sovereign, and
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are thankful to God for them ; and do earnestly and sincerely
recommend the same principles and spirit to you.
We remain, dear Brethren,
Your most affectionate Servants and faithful Pastors.
LETTER II.
An Address to the Members of the Methodist Societies, from
the Conference assembled at Leeds, August 8, 1793.
Dear Brethren,
Having received a printed letter, signed by many of the
Trustees of our New Chapel in London, and of the Broad-Mead
and Guinea-Street Chapels in Bristol, with the copy of another
printed letter, addressed to the Trustees and others in the
Methodist Connexion, &c. ; and being conscious that the letter
to the Trustees, &c., is full of misrepresentations, injurious to
the cause of God in general, and to the credit of the whole body
of Preachers in particular ; we think ourselves bound to address
you on the occasion.
The letter above referred to accuses us of a departure from
the original plan of Methodism. But we deny the charge, in
the sense intended by our accusers. We have not departed
from the plan which was left us by our venerable father, Mr.
Wesley, in the smallest degree, except in the few exempt cases
where the people have been unanimous for the Lord's Supper,
and would not be contented without it : and we were brought to
the awful alternative of granting their requisition in this
instance, or of losing them entirely from our Connexion.
A dispensation of the Gospel has been committed to us, and
we have, in obedience to the call of God, dispensed the word of
truth ; and God has set His seal thereto. Myriads of immortal
souls have been awakened and converted by our ministry.
Many thousands of these are safely lodged in Abraham's bosom,
and many thousands still remain under our care, in the kingdom
and patience of Jesus. We cannot therefore sport with their
salvation; we dare not throw stumbling-blocks in their way;
nor can we bear to lose them, if we possibly can help it, till we
present them without spot and blameless before the presence of
the Divine glory. But we are determined, as a body, to remain
in connexion with the Church of England ; and again advise you
to be satisfied with the simple, original plan of Methodism,
which has been so wonderfully blessed of the Lord. For a
further declaration of our sentiments on this head, we refer you
to our circular letter of the 6th instant.
You have known us long, and loved and esteemed us long;
and, we believe, will receive our solemn declaration as proceeding
from upright hearts. And we do assure you, that we have no,
design or desire of making our Societies separate churches.
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We have never sanctioned ordination in England, either in
this Conference or in any other, in any degree, nor ever attempted
to do it. The representation of us concerning this point, given
in the circular letter to the Trustees, is entirely false. Nor are
we surprised ; for many of the gentlemen who have affixed their
signatures to that letter are neither members of our Society,
nor in the general attendant on our preaching. Some of them,
with all their pretended zeal for the Church of England, have
taken seats in Dissenting meeting-houses ; and some of them
professedly hold the doctrine of the salvation of devils and
damned spirits. And almost all those of them who reside in
London have withheld their assistance to the general cause for
a twelvemonth past. They have not taken even a pew in our
chapels, or contributed to the assistance of our poor super-
annuated Preachers, who have worn themselves out in the cause
of God. In short, we have reason to fear that they intend to
oppress us, till they have got all the rule. and power into their
own hands. But the Lord reigneth : He is our friend, and you
are our friends ; and through grace we have felt such a union
to each other as exceeds everything we have known before.
We are, and are resolved to continue, like the heart of one
man ; and, we trust and believe, we shall see better days than
ever in the salvation of souls.
The last paragraph in their letter to the Trustees is cruelty
itself : where it is intimated that some of the body are defective
in loyalty. Show us the men, and the proofs of their guilt, and
we will instantly cut them oiF from our Connexion, as unworthy
of any office in the church of God, and as enemies to their King
and country. We hold our Sovereign King George in high
estimation : we love our country and its Constitution; and, as far
as Christian Ministers can go, consistently with their functions
and the oracles of God, will support our King and country with
all we are and have.
Thus have we, beloved brethren, borne our faitliful testimony
against the misrepresentations and cruel falsities mentioned in
the letter above referred to. We now leave the whole to you.
We know, by happy experience, that we can fully confide in you.
Our cause is in your hands, and in the hand of God. As long
as you honour us with the pastoral care over you, we promise
you that we will, in the strength of God, devote our time, our
strength, our talents, our all, to your service. O, bear us before
the throne of God. Pray much for the peace and prosperity of
Zion, and for
Your faithful Pastors and affectionate Brethren.
Signed, in behalf of the Conference,
JOHN PAWSON, President,
THOMAS COKE, Secretary.
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BRISTOL, Monday, Juhj 28, 1794.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted this year?
A. Henry Saunders, James Lawton, George Sargent, John
Braithwaite, Joseph Burgess, Richard Elhott, John S. Pipe,
Samuel Taylor, John Dean, John Boyle, Booth Newton, John
Simpson, William Aver.
Irelarfd. — John Hurley, Charles Graham, William Ferguson,
Thomas Brown, Archibald Murdoch, William Smith, Samuel
Steele, John Cross, Blakely Dowling, James Bell.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Edward Gibbons, Thomas Trethewey, John Doncaster,
William Denton, Isaac Lilly, William Franklin :
These have travelled four years.
Stephen Wilson, William Mahy, Henry Mahy, James Jay,
Michael Emmett, Richard Pattison, Francis Thoresby, John
Kingston, George Deverell, James Buckley, John Foster,
Alexander Cummins, Henry Anderson, Cleland Kirkpatrick :
These have travelled three years.
Richard Gower, Joseph Kyte, Joseph Bowes, Joseph Bobbins,
Francis Balliau, John Stephens, Robert Smith, William Martin,
John Ward, Thomas Fearnley, Richard Hardacre, James
Bridgnell, William Fenwick, Richard TrefFry, Stephen
Eversfield, Isaac Muff, William Brown, Thomas Linay, John
Brice, George Morley :
These have travelled two years.
Jonathan Barker, George Marsden, Thomas Yates, James
Scholefield, Richard Waddy, Edmund Shaw, Francis West,
Patrick Kelly, James Penman, George Douglas, John Clarke,
Thomas Greaves, Robert Green, Anthony Seckerson, William
Harrison, George Dermott, Leonard Ledbrook, James Lyons,
James Mort, John Philhps, Charles Gloyne, Thomas Ingham,
John Hudson :
These have travelled one year.
Ireland. — Joseph Hennin, William Armstrong, John
M'Farland, Matthew Tobias, Samuel Alcorn :
These have travelled three years.
James Stuart, Robert Banks, Thomas M'Clellan, James
Jordan, James Smith, John M'Arthur :
These have travelled tivo years.
James M'Kee, Robert Crozier, George Stephenson :
These have travelled one year.
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Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Thomas Hemmins, Edward Towler, William Hicks,
William Pearsou, Caleb Simmons, James Crabb, Mark Dauiel,
Thomas Stanton, Anthony Seckerson, John Brownell, John
Ashall, Thomas Parsons, William Howarth, William IMoulton,
Andrew Mayor, William Timperley, Joseph Drake, Arthur
Hutchinson, Richard Thompson, Richard Waddy, John Furnace,
John Hudson.
Ireland. — Francis Russell, Archibald Montgomery, John
Stuart, John Fitzhenry, William Patten, James M'Keown,
Joseph Anderson, John Hamilton. ^
West Indies. — Edward Turner, Thomas Isham, James
Alexander, John Cook, Thomas Dumbleton.
Q. 4. Who have di ed this year ?
A. 1. Thomas Westell, one of the first Methodist
Preachers. He preached the Gospel faithfully for about forty
years. He was a pattern of Christian simplicity and humble
love. After suffering much, his triumphant spirit returned to
God, in the seventy-fifth year of his age.
2. John Valton, whose praise is in all the churches. He
was a pattern of holiness, of charity, and of zeal for the glory of
God. His ministry was plain, convincing, and powerful; and
he was exceedingly successful in the work of the Lord. He
departed this life, rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.
3. Abraham Bishop, a native of the Isle of Jersey. He
began his itinerant labours in the provinces of Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick, and concluded them last year in the island of
Grenada, in the West Indies. He was one of the holiest young
men upon earth. He lived continually within the veil; and his
soul uninterruptedly burned for the salvation of souls. He was
instant in season and out of season ; a useful Preacher all the
day long, without the least breach of modesty or decorum. He
preached well both in English and French, In the same letter,
of which two-thirds were written by himself in the most lively
and animating manner, an account was sent us of his death, by
the Rev. Mr. Dent, the Rector of St. George's, Grenada, who
loved him as his own child.
4. Daniel Graham, who preached for some years in Ireland.
He then crossed the Atlantic ocean, to carry the everlasting
Gospel to the Negroes in the West Indies. He was a man of
great piety, and of a deeply crucified spirit. But the Lord, in
His mysterious providence, was pleased to take him to his great
reward, in the prime of his life and usefulness, and in a few
months after he had begun his labours among the Heathen in
the island of Barbadoes. Both he and Mr, Bishop died of the
yellow fever, which lately raged in so dreadful a manner in those
islands.
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5. William Whitaker, an old, honest, faithful servant of
the Lord, who suffered much, and died in peace.
6. Michael Marshall, a promising young man, zealous for
the salvation of souls. He was suddenly snatched away, and
died very happy in God.
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers ?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 6. Who have desisted from travelling?
A. None.
Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
1 London, William Thompson, Thomas Coke, James
Creighton, Peard Dickinson, Thomas
Rutherford, Thomas Warwick, Jonathan
Edmondson, John S. Pipe, John
Saunderson; Thomas Rankin, Thomas
Olivers, Supernumeraries; George Story,
Editor ; George Whitfield, Book-Steward.
2 Sussex, George Button, Duncan Kay, Thomas
Fearnley, James Mort.
3 Rochester, William West, Mark Willis.
4 Canterbury, William Shelmerdine, Richard Treffry, Henry
Anderson.
5 Colchester, John Reynolds, George Deverell.
6 Harwich, James Anderson, James Scholefield.
7 Norwich, Alexander Suter, Edmund Shaw.
8 Yarmouth, Thomas Bartholomew, Benjamin Leggatt,
Robert Green.
9 Diss, William Simpson, William Denton.
10 Bury, William Saunders, William Brown.
11 Lynn, Charles Kyte, Isaac Lilly.
12 Walsingham, William Heath, Francis West.
13 Bedford, John Hickling, Henry Saunders.
14 Higham-Ferrers, Joseph Robbins, Richard Hardacre.
15 St. Ives, (Hunts.,) Thomas Broadbent, Thomas Linay, John
Furnace.
16 Northampton, Edward Gibbons, Thomas Gill, John Wittam.
17 Banbury, Thomas Rogerson, Stephen Wilson.
18 Oxfordshire, Joseph Algar, Jonathan Cousins, Richard
Gower, William Moulton; John Murlin,
Supernumerary.
19 Gloucestershire, William Jenkins, Joseph Burgess, John
Dean.
20 Worcestershire, Joseph Taylor, George Morley.
21 Sarum, WiUiam Collins, James Lawton ; Robert Carr
Brackenbury, Supernumerary.
22 Blandford, John Easton, William Holmes.
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every
two months.
John
23 PortsmotUh, Charles Bland, Thomas Simmonite, James
Crabb, William Howarth.
24 Isle of Jersey, William Dieuaide, Jonathan"
Barker.
25 Isle of Guernsey, Richard Reece, John de These are to
Queteville,
Balliau.
26 Isles of Alderney and Sark, William Mahy, |
Henry jNIahy. J
27 Buih, Samuel Bradburn, Richard Elliott;
Broadbent, Supernumerar^^
28 Bradford, Wilts., Joseph Harper, James M. Byron.
29 Bristol, Joseph Benson, Henry Moore, Richard Rodda,
Thomas Vasey.
30 Shepton-Mallet, William Ashman, Joseph SutclifFe, Robert
Smith, jun.
Timothy Crowther, John Cricket, John
Stephens ; Christ. Watkins, Supernumerary.
John Leech, Thomas Trethewey.
Charles Boon, William Palmer.
John Boyle, Mark Daniel.
John Smith, James Evans, Thomas Kelk,
Francis Truscott.
Lawrence Kane, Thomas Yates, James Jay,
John Grant; John Poole, Supernumerary.
37 Penzance, and the \ William Horner, William Thoresb}',
Isles of Scilly, j William Aver, John Clarke, Thomas
Stanton; Joha Watson, Super-
numerary.
38 Pembroke, Thomas Roberts, Samuel Taylor, James
Lyons, John Sandoe.
39 Glamorganshire, William Cox, James Buckley, Joseph Bowes.
40 Brecon, Cleland Kirkpatrick, Joseph Kyte.
41 Birmingham, James Rogers, Benjamin Rhodes, James
Bridgnell.
Theophilus Lessey, George Dermott, John
Ashall.
George Baldwin, John Denton.
John Goodwin, Miles Martindale, George
Mars den.
Thomas Hutton, Robert Crowther.
46 Macclesfield, John Mason, George Highfield, Samuel Bards-
ley ; George Shadford, Supernumerary.
Joini Pritchard, Thomas Davis.
Alexander INIather, Jeremiah Brettell.
Robert Roberts, John Allen.
Thomas Taylor, Robert Miller; Christopher
Hopper, Supernumerary.
31 Taunton,
32 CoUumpton,
33 Plymouth,
34 Launceston,
35 St. Austle,
86 Redruth,
42 Dudley,
43 Shrewsbury,
44 Burslem,
45 Leek,
47 Stockport,
48 Manchester,
49 Oldham,
50 Bolton,
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51 Wig an,
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John Beanland^ William
Richal'cl Ccr.;
Saunderson.
53 Chester, John Booth^ Owen Davies^ Thomas Hemmii:s.
53 Liverpool, John Pawson, Adam Clarke, Andrew Mayor.
54) Nort/nvich, George Lowe, James Watson.
55 Blackburn, George Snowden, Charles Tunnycliffe, William
Pearson.
56 Colne, Joseph Entwisle, Richard") The single Preach -
Seed, John Atkins. > ers are to change
57 Lancaster, Abraham Moseley. j once a quarter.
58 Leicester, Samuel Gates, Simon Day; Joseph Jerom,
Supernumerary.
59 Hinckley, Thomas Dunn, Caleb Simmons.,
60 Castle-Donington, John Beaumont, Thomas Greaves.
61 Nottingham, Zachariah Yewdall, Thomas Lougley, Jasper
Eobinson.
62 Newark, Thomas Cooper, John Furness.
63 Derby, Jonathan Parkin, John Nelson.
64 Ashby, Joseph Pescod, William Hicks.
65 Sheffield, John Moon, William Blagborne.
66 Rotherham, William Stevens, Thomas Carlill.
67 Grimsby, James Hall, William Hunter, jun., Leonard
Ledbrook.
68 Horncastle, Booth Newton, John Wilshaw, John Ward,
Johu Brice.
69 Gainsborough, John King, George Mowat, George Sargent.
70 Epworth, James Thom, Robert Smith, sen., William
Harrison.
71 Leeds, Thomas Hanby, Isaac Brown, William Thom,
Francis Thoresby.
72 Wakefield, William Myles, Anthony Seckerson ; William
Boothby, Supernumerary.
73 Huddersf.eld, John Barber, Robert Lomas.
74 Birsial, William Bramwell, Joseph Drake; Thomas
Johnson, Supernumerary.
75 Dewsbury, Edward Jackson, Charles Gloyne.
7Q Bradford, Parson Greenwood, Michael Emmett.
77 Halifax, Charles Atmore, George Gibbon.
78 Keighley, Robert Hopkins, William Stephenson.
79 Otley, Lancelot Harrison, John Brettell.
80 Whitehaven, John Ogilvie, John Braithwaite.
81 Isle of Man, George Holder, John Simpson, John Phillips.
82 York, Francis Wrigley, William Percival, James
Ridall.
83 Malton, John M'Kersey, Isaac Muff.
84 Pocklington, Peter Mill, Robert Harrison.
85 Hull, James Wood, Jonathan Brown, William
Martin.
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86 Bridlington, Daniel Jackson, John Hudson.
«7 Scarborough, Thomas Dixon, Thomas Tattershall.
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Whitby,
Thirsk,
97
Joseph Cole, Samuel Botts.
Thomas Harrison, Robert Swan, George
Sykes, John E-amshaw.
John Peacock, William Butterfield, Thomas
Parsons,
Barnard- Castle, John Crosby, AVilliam Franklin ; Joseph
Thompson, Supernumerary.
John Barritt, William Hainsworth ; William
Hunter, sen., John Foster, Supernu-
meraries.
Samuel Hodgson, John Stamp, John Riles.
Henry Taylor, John Kershaw.
John Gaulter, WilUam Tiraperley.
James Bogie, Alexander Cummins, Stephen
Eversfield.
Glasgow and \ Matthew Lumb, John 'J The single Preach-
90 Stockton,
91
92 Hexham,
93 Sunderland,
94 Newcastle,
95 Almvick,
96 Edinburgh,
Greenock, j Doncaster.
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J on
s are to change
once a quarter.
98 Jyr, Richard Waddy.
99 Dumfries, Robert Johnson.
100 Berwick, Kelso, and Melrose, Robert Dall, Arthur
Hutchinson.
These Preachers are to change alternately.
101 Dundee, John Townsend, Thomas Wood.
102 Brechin, Joseph Saunderson, Thomas Ingham, Richard
Thompson.
103 Aberdeen, Alexander Kilham, William Fenwick.
104 Inverness, Duncan M'AUum, George"^ mi • ^
T\ ^ I The single men
Douglas. ! t 1 o-
105 Banff, Joseph Cross, James f , , °
Penman, Patrick Kelly. J ^
106 Dublin, Joseph Bradford, David Barrowclough ; James
Stuart, Supernumerary.
107 Wicklow, Andrew Hamilton, jun., Daniel M'Mullen;
David Gordon, Supernumerary.
108 Carlow, Michael Murphy, John Stuart.
109 Waterford, John Woodi'ow, John Gillis.
110 Cork, William Smith, John Darragh.
111 Bandon, Samuel Steele, Thomas Patterson.
112 Mallow, John Hurley, Robert Banks.
113 Limei'ick, Gustavus Armstrong, George Brown.
114 Birr J Charles Graham, James M'Quigg.
N.B. These shall be also considered as
Missionai'ies for the county of Clare; and
shall visit it alternately, as often as possible.
115 Aughrim, Samuel Mitchell, Matthias Joyce.
116 Castlebar, John Stephenson, Samuel Wood,
1794.
301
117 Athlone, William M'Cornock, William Wilson, Francis
Russell ; John Bredin, Supernumerary.
118 Longford, Samuel Moorhead, William Patten.
119 Sligo, Archibald Murdoch, Thomas Kerr.
120 Bally connell, Francis Armstrong, George Stephenson.
121 Cavan, Alexander Moore, Joseph Hennin, John
Fitzhenry; James Rennick, Supernu-
merary.
122 Clones, Thomas Barber, John M'Farland, Archibald
Montgomery; John Cross, Supernumerary.
123 Brookborough, Joseph Armstrong, Robert Crozier.
124 Enniskillen, Thomas Ridgeway, Thomas Hewett.
125 Ball'mamallard, Blakely Dowling, James M'Keown.
126 Ballyshannon, William Ferguson, William Armstrong.
127 Newtown-Stewart, William Hamilton, James Irwin, Thomas
M'Clellan.
128 Innishowen, John Hamilton (to be under the direction of
William Hamilton).
129 Charlemont, Andrew Hamilton, sen., Thomas Brown,
Joseph Anderson; John Miller, Super-
numerary.
130 Londonderry, Robert Smith, James M 'Mullen.
131 Coleraine, John Crook, Matthew Tobias.
132 Ballymena, Robert Dougherty, James Jordan.
133 Belfast, John Dinnen, James M'Kee.
134 Lisburn, Matthew Stewart, John M'Arthur.
135 Downpatrick, John Grace, James Bell.
136 Tanderagee, John Kerr, Samuel Alcorn, James Smith.
137 Newry, James M'Donald, John Malcomson.
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN AMERICA.
NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, AND NEWFOUNDLAND.
Halifax,
Liverpool,
Shelburne,
Newport,
Horton,
Annapolis,
St. John,
Fredericton,
St. Stephen's,
Cumberland,
Newfoundland,
Antigua,
James Mann. ^
Isaac Lunsford.
Daniel Fidler.
John Mann.
Theodore Harding.
James Boyd.
William Jessop.
William Grandine.
Duncan M'Coll.
Benjamin Wilson.
Georcre Smith.
WEST INDIES.
John Baxter, William
) William Black, Elder.
M'Vean.
Warrener, John
302
1794.
St. Christopher's, Walter Gridith, Richard Andrews, Thomas
Durableton.
Nevis, Timothy Crowther.
Anguilla, Thomas Isham.
Tortola, John Harper, Edward Turner.
Barbadoes, Thomas Dobson.
^S*^. Vincent's, Thomas Owens, James Alexander.
Grenada, John Kingston.
Dominica, John Cook.
Jamaica, William Fish, Richard Pattison.
N.B. There is to be no General Confereuce in the West
Indies the ensuing year: 1st, Because the expense will be
enormous on account of the war. 2dly, Because of the great
dangers arising from the French privateers, which infest those
seas. 3dly, Because the removals of Preachers in the West
Indies are very few.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. One hundred and thirtj'^-nine.
Q. 9. How mau}^ of these are to be provided for by the
Circuits ?
A. Eighty-four: as follows; viz., —
London, (S.) Thompson,
Rutherford, Warwick, (T.)
Broadbent.
Sussex, £Q.
Rochester, £9. \ g ^^^j.
Canterbury, £Q. j '
Norwich, £4. ) q q -„,.
Yarmouth, £8. r-^"*^^-
Diss, S. Simpson.
^T' , Is.Kyte.
Walsmgaam, j ^
Bedford, £3.
Worcestershire, £6.
Sarum, £3.
Biandford, £3.
Portsmouth, S. Bland.
Bath, S. Bradburn.
Bristol, S. Benson, Moore,
Byron.
Shepton-Mallet, S. Ashman,'
and M.
Taunton, \
Collumpton, j
Plymouth, S. Boon,"^
and £6. f o -d i
Redruth, S. Kane, f ^- ^^^^^
and m. J *
S. Crowther.
St. Austle, S. (I.) Smith.
Penzance, S. Horner.
Birmingham, S. Rhodes, Day.
Shrewsbury, S. Baldwin.
Burslem, S, Goodwin.
Macclesfield, S.. High field,
Hutton.
Stockport, S. Pritchard.
Manchester, S. Brettell,
Martindale, Ogilvie.
Oldham, S. (R.) Roberts.
Bolton, S. (T.) Taylor.
Chester, S. Davies.
Liverpool, S. Clarke.
North wich, S. Watson.
Blackburn, S.Snowden, and c€6.
Colne, S. Entwisle, and Atkins,
£6.
Leicester, \ S. Beau-
Castle-Donington, j mont.
Nottingham, S. Longley.
Derby, £6.
Ashby, S. Pescod.
Sheffield, S. Moon, Stevens,
Cooper.
Grimsby, S. Hall.
Horncastle, S. Ward.
1794..
303
Gainsborough, S. Mowat.
Epworth, S. (J.) Thorn.
Leeds, S. Hanby, (W.) Thorn,
(Js.) Brown.
Wakefield, S. Myles.
Huddersfield, S. Barber.
Birstal, S. Bramwell.
Bradford, S. Greenwood.
Halifax, S. At more.
Keighley, S. Hopkins.
Isle of Man, S. Holder.
York, S. Percival.
Malton, S. Tattershall.
Pocklington, )
Bridlington, J
Hull, S. Wood.
S. Mill.
Whitby, S. Botts. .
Thirsk,£6, )s Barritt
Hexham, £6. f ^- -t'amtt.
Stockton, S. Peacock.
Sunderland, S. Hodgson,
Hunter.
Newcastle, S. (H.) Taylor,
Gaulter.
Edinburgh, £6. ) a t. •
ni J>a f S. Bogie.
Glasgow, £o. j °
Ireland, S. Bradford, Barrow-
clough, Gordon, Woodrow,
Smith, Patterson, G. Brown,
Graham, M'Q.uigg, Joyce,
Stephenson, M'Cornock,
Wood, Kerr.
Q. 10. How are the remaining fifty-five wives to be provided
for? viz., — S. Button, Shelraerdine, Anderson, Reynolds, Heath,
Hickling, Gill, Rogers, Cousins, Algar, (Jos.) Taylor, Collins,
Dieuaide, Harper, Kelk, Denton, Lessey, Condy, Beanland,
Heramins, Gates, Dunn, Parkin, Seckerson, Drake, Stephenson,
Gibbon, Harrison, (John) Brettell, Ridall, Dixon, (Jon.) Brown,
(Dan.) Jackson, i3utterfield, Bamshaw, Crosby, Franklin,
Hainsworth, Lurab, Johnson, Dall, Townsend, (Tho.) Wood,
M'AUum, Cross, Hudson, Barber, Armstrong, Miller, M'Mullen,
Crook, Dinnen, Stewart, Grace, M'Donald.
A. Partly by the subscriptions raised in the Circuits, and
partly by the Contingent Fund.
N.B. The money for the wives above-mentioned, resident in
England and Scotland, will be deposited in the hands of Mr.
Whitfield ; and that for the wives resident in Ireland, in the
hands of Mr. Bradford.
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Society?
A. As follows : —
London
-
- 3200
Northampton -
- 240
Sussex
-
- 340
Banbury
- 28a
Rochester
_
- 380
Oxfordshire
. 800
Canterbury
.
- 269
Gloucestershire
- 300
Colchester
.
- 270
Worcester
- 410
Norwich
-
- 260
Sarum -
- 300
Yarmouth
_
- 333
Portsmouth
- 550
Diss
r.
- 370
The Norman Isles
- 548
Bury -
.
- 219
Bath -
- 580
Lynn -
-
- 246
Bradford
- 465
Walsingham
_
- 220
Bristol
- 1615
Bedford
.
- 218
Shepton-Mallet
- 1040
High am Eerrers
- 206
Taunton
^ 400
St. Ives (Hur
.ts.)
- 175
CoUumpton
- 500
304
1794.
Plymouth
.
- 940
York -
.
- 1300
St. Austle
-
- 955
Pocklington
_
- 740
Redruth
.
- 1645
Hull -
_
- 1200
Pembroke
.
- 162
Bridlington
.
- 450
Penzance and the \
- 1412
Scarborough
_
- 800
Isles of Scilly j
Whitby
.
- 515
Glamorganshire
- 276
Thirsk -
.
- 828
Brecon
-
- Ill
Stockton
.
- 620
Birmingham
.
- 1200
Barnard-Castle
- 554
Wolverhampton
- 442
Hexham
_
- 820
Shrewsbury
-
- 360
Sunderland
-
- 1090
Burslem
-
- 960
Newcastle
_
. 740
Leek -
.
- 430
Alnwick
_
- 300
Macclesfield
.
- 1320
Edinburgh
_
- 200
Stockport
.
- 1200
Glasgow
.
- 138
Manchester
.
- 1850
Ayr
.
19
Oldham
_
- 900
Dumfries
_
40
Bolton
_
- 870
Berwick and Kelso
70
Wigan
.
- 360
Dundee
.
- 150
Chester
.
- 650
Aberdeen
.
- 280
Liverpool
.
- 963
Inverness
.
- 282
Northwich
.
- 530
Dublin
-
- 1010
Blackburn
.
- 1180
Wicklow
_
- 154
Colne -
_
- 1080
Carlow
.
- 316
Leicester
.
- 340
Waterford
_
- 265
Hinckley
.
- 210
Cork -
.
- 300
Castle-Donington
- 474
Bandon
.
- 222
Nottingham
.
- 960
Mallow
.
- 150
Newark
_
- 311
Limerick
.
- 230
Derby -
_
- 410
Birr
.
- 227
Ashby -
-
- 460
Aughrim
-
- 250
Sheffield
_
- 1370
Castlebar
-
- 200
Rotherham
_
- 563
Athlone
_
- 530
Grimsby
.
- 530
Longford
.
- 350
Horncastle
.
- 647
Shgo -
.
- 270
Gainsborough
.
- 673
Ballyconnell
.
- 678
Epworth
-
- 674
Cavan -
-
- 730
Leeds -
.
- 3400
Clones
.
- 725
Wakefield
.
- 1050
Brookborough
- 550
Huddersfield
.
- 1190
Enniskillen
.
- 822
Birstal
.
- 1300
Ballyshannon
-
- 386
Dewsbury
.
- 780
Newtown-Stewart
- 718
Bradford
.
- 1400
Charlemont
- 1071
Halifax
.
- 1500
Londonderry
. 360
Keighley
.
- 1400
Coleraine
- 330
Otley -
.
- 1200
Ballymena
- 275
Whitehaven
_
- 350
Belfast
- 450
Isle of Man
.
- 2430
Lisburn
- 610
1794
Downpatrick
Tanderagee
Newry
305
492
916
490
In all
83,368
AMERICA.
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Nova Scotia and New Bruns-
wick.
Halifax
Liverpool
Shelburne
Horton
Newport
Cumberland
Annapolis
St. John
Fredericton
St. Stephen^s -
St. John's Island
Newfoundland
West Indies.
Antigua, Whites
Coloured people
Blacks
Barbadoes, Whites
Coloured people
Blacks
Grenada
St. Vincent's, Whites -
Coloured people )
and Blacks j
Dominica
S t. Christopher's, Whites
Coloured people ~)
and Blacks J
Nevis - - -
Montserrat
Tortola, Whites
Coloured people )
and Blacks j
Jamaica, Whites
Coloured people
Blacks
Vol. I.
133
70
180
94
78
150
105
118
100
52
20
200
36
105
2279
34
7
10
80
4
450
20
13
1410
400
12
6
1400
24
46
170
DOMINION OF THE STATES
OF HOLLAND.
St. Eustatius -
In all
40
7,846
IN THE STATES OF AMERICA.
Dover, Whites - - 930
Blacks - - 507
Milford, Whites - 781
Blacks - 319
Somerset, Whites - 553
Blacks - 87
Northampton, Whites - 616
Blacks - 249
Annamessex, Whites - 345
Blacks - 85
Dorset, Whites - 534
Blacks - 431
Talbot, Whites - 635
Blacks - 330
Caroline, Whites - 446
Blacks - 236
Queen Ann, Whites - 372
Blacks - 467
Kent, Whites - - 523
Blacks - - 462
Cecil, Whites - - 434
Blacks - - 321
Hartford, Whites - 532
Blacks - 178
Baltimore, Whites - 946
Blacks - 141
Severn, Whites - 928
Blacks - 598
Annapolis, Whites - 170
Blacks - 243
Calvert, Whites - 732
Blacks - 923
Prince George, Whites 65
Blacks - 225
Montgomery, Whites - 728
Blacks - 362
Frederick, Whites - 422
Blacks - 74
Frederick Town, Whites 24
Blacks 24
306
1794.
Bath, Whites -
326
Brunswick, Whites
633
Blacks -
22
Blacks
161
Huntiugdon, Whites -
165
Greensville, Whites
665
Blacks -
2
Blacks
347
NorthumberlandjWhites
170
Sussex, Whites
448
Blacks
1
Blacks
206
Little York, Whites -
156
Surrey, Whites
814
Fell's Point, Whites -
95
Blacks -
955
Blacks
37
Bertie, Whites
616
Baltimore Town, Whites
440
Blacks
176
Blacks
207
Portsmouth, Whites -
729
Tioga, Whites
70
Blacks
439
Wyoming, Whites
100
Camden, Whites
555
Lancaster, Whites
590
Blacks
347
Blacks
261
Banks, Whites
174
Stafford, Whites
309
Blacks -
4
Blacks
45
Norfolk and Ports-
Fairfax, Whites
520
mouth, Whites
109
Blacks
50
Blacks
159
Berkley, Whites
571
Bladen, Whites
480
Blacks
68
Blacks
72
Frederick, Whites
485
New Hope, Whites
735
Blacks
126
Blacks
157
Rockingham, Whites -
350
Tar River, Whites
610
Blacks -
46
Blacks
160
Alleghany, Whites
382
Goshen, Whites
366
Blacks
20
Blacks
52
Winchester, Whites
55
Trent, Whites -
587
Blacks
28
Blacks -
337
Alexandria, Whites
58
Mattamaskeat, Whites -
156
Blacks
40
Blacks -
42
Amherst,
Scoperlong, Whites
175
Orange, Whites
520
Blacks
23
Blacks
62
Quotentney, Whites -
360
Hanover, Whites
477
Blacks -
96
Blacks
62
Pamlico, W^hites
415
Gloucester, Whites
677
Blacks
104
Blacks
63
Roan Oak, Whites
538
WilHamsburg, Whites -
589
Blacks
544
Blacks -
241
Charleston, Whites
50
Franklin, Whites
566
Blacks
169
Blacks
92
George-Town, Whites -
52
Cumberland, Whites -
416
Blacks -
180
Blacks
43
Little Pee-Dee, Whites
589
Mecklenburg, Whites -
479
Blacks
31
Blacks -
32
Great Pee-Dee, Whites
256
Amelia, Whites
645
Blacks -
28
Blacks
139
Santee, Whites
163
1794.
307
Santee, Blacks -
158
Cowpasture, Blacks
8
Catauba, Whites
163
Clarksburg, Whites
307
Blacks
4
Blacks
3
Broad River, Whites -
541
Ohio, Whites -
362
Blacks -
78
Blacks -
9
Cherokee, Whites
428
Redstone, Whites
325
Blacks
13
Blacks
9
Seleuda and Bush
Pittsburg, Whites
151
River, Whites
555
Dutchess, Whites
381
Blacks
30
Blacks
7
Edisto, Whites
474
Columbia, Whites
230
Blacks
135
Pittsfield, Whites
330
North Savannah, Whites
104
Otsego, Whites
296
Burke, Whites
420
Saratoga, Whites
270
Blacks -
10
Cambridge, Whites
440
Richmond, Whites
650
Albany, Whites
388
Blacks
111
Blacks
6
Washington, Whites -
518
Harkemer, Whites
142
Blacks -
118
Blacks
8
Oconee, Whites
202
Oswegoche, Whites
90
Blacks
18
Bay Quinty, Whites -
255
Green, Whites
345
Blacks
4
Blacks -
9
Granville, Whites
90
Holstein, Whites
271
Boston, Whites
41
Blacks
18
Lynn, Whites -
166
Russel, Whites
125
Needham, Whites
50
Blacks
4
Greenwich, Whites
16
New River, Whites
184
Warren, Whites
58
Blacks
15
Lichfield, Whites
184
Salt River, Whites
340
New London, Whites -
50
Blacks
24
Hartford, Whites
341
Dansville, Whites
548
Middletown, Whites -
170
Blacks
20
Blacks
2
Lexington, Whites
401
Fairfield, Whites
241
Blacks
30
New Rochelle, Whites -
375
Hinkstone, Whites
281
Croton, Whites
278
Blacks
4
Blacks
6
Limestone, Whites
242
Long Island, Whites -
271
Blacks
8
Blacks -
21
Cumberland, Whites -
270
New York, Whites
639
Blacks -
50
Blacks
152
Bedford, Whites
474
Staten Island, Whites -
71
Blacks
100
EHzabeth, Whites
226
Bottetourt, Whites
470
Blacks
8
Blacks
30
Flanders, Whites
310
Greenbrier, Whites
202
Blacks
12
Blacks
5
Newburg, Whites
397
Cowpasture, Whites
48
X
Blacks
2
4
308
1794.
Anson, Whites
- 214
Blacks
40
Union, Whites
- 236
Blacks
24
Swanino, Whites
70
Total number of
Whites and
Blacks
67,643*
APRICA.
223
Salem, Whites - 502
Blacks - - 22
Caswell, Whites - 517
Blacks - 75
Guildford, Whites - 613
Blacks . 57
Salisbury, Whites - 565
Blacks - 31
Bethel, Whites - 433
Blacks - 9
Burlington, Whites - 397
Blacks - 25
Trenton, Whites - 465
Blacks - 41
Bristol, Whites - 194
Blacks - 6
Chester, Whites - 379
Blacks - 29
Philadelphia, Whites - 354
Blacks - 20
Wilmington, Whites - 82
Blacks - 55
Q. 12.
A. £1,284. I8s. Id.
Q. 13. What children are admitted this year?
A. Elijah Harrison, eight years old ; John Mowat, eight years
old; William Blair; Jonathan Hern, nine years old; George
V^asey, nine years old ; Boston King, from Africa.
Q. 14. What can we allow at present for the education of the
Preachers' children who cannot be admitted into Kingswood
School?
A. £277. 55.
Q. 15. What is contributed for the Preachers' Fund?
Africa
What is the Kingswood Collection?
Sierra Leone, Coloured
people
Total in Europe
Total in America
Total in Africa
83,368
75,489
223
Total in Europe,
America, and
159,080
£.
d.
A. By the sub- "^
scriptions of [
the people T
in England J
Ditto in Ireland -
Q. 16.
746 5 5
48 18 9
By the subscrip-
tions of the
Preachers in
Great Britain
Ditto in Ireland
£. s. d.
293 4 0
87 3 0
In all
jei,175 11 2
What is allowed out of it ?
£. s. d
A. To Sister")
Westell J
15 0 0
Matthew Lowes - 15 0
Thomas Hanson - 20 0
d.
0
0
* This total includes some items not found in the columns. For Amherst, p. 306,
there is no return ; and the means of revising the list, in regard to this and other
particulars, are not within reach. — Editor.
1794.
309
£. s. d.
John Furz - - 15 0 0
Ann Morgan - 24 0 0
Lucia Bourke - 15 0 0
Mary Penington - 12 0 0
Elizabeth Dillon - 12 0 0
Sarah Barry - 15 0 0
Sarah Naylor - 10 0 0
Sarah Mitchell - 15 0 0
John Price- - 16 0 0
Thomas Johnson - 12 0 0
Samuel Bates - 12 0 0
Christopher Hopper 30 0 0
John Poole - 30 0 0
James Christie - 12 0 0
Thomas Brisco - 30 0 0
John AVatson - 12 0 0
Thomas Wride - 20 0 0
Thomas Olivers - 24 0 0
George Shadford - 12 0 0
Ann Wright - 15 0 0
John Bredin - 12 0 0
£. s. d.
Christopher Watkins 23 0 0
George Wadsworth 12 0 0
Mary Empringham 12 0 0
John Broadbent - 22 0 0
Thomas Elliott - 12 0 0
John Hampson - 12 0 0
John Cross - 12 0 0
Joseph Jerom - 12 0 0
Susannah Watkinson 16 0 0
Mary Blair - 16 0 0
Joseph Thompson - 29 0 0
Robert Costerdine - 29 0 0
Robert Hayward - 19 0 0
James Rennick - 12 0 0
John Miller - 1 2 0 0
David Gordon - 12 0 0
James Stuart - 12 0 0
WilHam Hunter, sen. 27 0 0
Maria Marshall - 12 0 0
In all
£718 0 0
Q. 17. What is contributed for the Yearly Expenses?
A. £1,387. 155. M.
Q. 18. How has it been expended?
£. s. d.
- 38 10 11
318 15 1
149 10 0
314 4 0
Sick famines - 220
Rent for houses, &c. 411
Travelling ex-
penses, and
various con-
tingencies for
the three
kingdoms
s.
11
7
11
3
448 14 2
A. Law -
Deficiencies of
the Preachers'
quarterage
Deficiencies of
the quarterage
of the wives of
Preachers
Deficiencies in^
the allowance/ r^^^ ^ (^ In all £1,901 13 4
made for the C
children J
Q. 19. In what places is the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
to be administered?
A. 1. In the London Circuit: Brentford, Deptford, Dorking,
Woolwich, Rotherhithe, Purfleet.
2. Sussex Circuit : Rye, Maidstone.
3. Rochester Circuit : Brompton, Sheerness.
4. Canterbury Circuit : Birchington.
5. Colchester Circuit : Colchester, Harwich, Manningtrcc.
6. Norwich Circuit : Haddiscoe.
310 1794.
7. Diss Circuit : Diss, Redgrave, Old Buckenham, North
Lopham.
8. Lynn Circuit : Lynn.
9. Yarmouth Circuit : Yarmouth, if the Assistant judge it
expedient.
10. Higham-Ferrers Circuit : Catworth, Desborough.
11. Banbury Circuit : Banbury, Nightcot.
12. Oxfordshire Circuit : Wallingford.
13. Worcestershire Circuit ; Stourport.
14. Salisbury Circuit: Salisbury, Blandford, Poole, Monkton.
15. Portsmouth Circuit ; Portsmouth, Newport.
16. Bath Circuit : Bath, Road, Trowbridge.
17. Bristol Circuit : Portland-chapel, Kingswood, Marsh,
Shays or Wiuterbourn.
18. Sheptou-Mallet Circuit : Shaftesbury.
19. Taunton Circuit : Taunton, left to the discretion of the
Assistant.
20. Collumpton Circuit : Barnstaple.
21. Plymouth Circuit : Plymouth-Dock.
22. Launceston Circuit : Launceston.
23. Birmingham Circuit : Birmingham, to be left to the
discretion of the Assistant.
24. Dudley Circuit : Wolverhampton, Worley-Bank.
25. Stockport Circuit : Red-hall, Bullock-Smithy.
26. Oldham Circuit : Delph, Middleton.
27. Bolton Circuit : Bolton, to be left to the discretion of the
Assistant; Bury.
28. Wigan Circuit : Wigan, Lamberhead- Green.
29. Liverpool Circuit : Liverpool, to be left to the Assistant.
30. Northwich Circuit : Prescot.
31. Blackburn Circuit : Blackburn, Haslingden.
32. Leicester Circuit : Leicester, Humberston, Markstone.
33. Hinckley Circuit : Coventry.
34. Nottingham Circuit : Nottingham, Mansfield, Calverton,
Bullwell, Blad worth.
35. Newark Circuit : Newark, Bingham.
36. Derby Circuit : Derby, Belper.
37. Ashby Circuit : Burton, Griffy-Dam.
38. Leeds Circuit : Thorner, Holbeck, Hunslet, Keswick,
Witton, Seacroft, Rothwell.
39. Huddersfield Circuit: Huddersfield, Thong, Shelley,
Holmfirth.
40. Dewsbury Circuit : Ossett.
41. Halifax Circuit: Halifax, Greetland, Bradshaw.
42. Otley Circuit : Rigton.
43. Whitehaven Circuit : Brampton.
44. Hexham Circuit : Colegate and the other places, left to the
direction of Mr. William Hunter.
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45. Whitby Circuit : Stokesley, left to the direction of the
Assistant.
46. Sunderland Circuit : Hilton-Fry, Ivestone.
47. Newcastle Circuit : Byker, North-Shields.
48. Alnwick Circuit : Alnwick, Placey, Saugh-house.
Q. 20. Who have been appointed Stewards of the Preachers'
Fund ?
A. Alexander Mather, John Pawson, Wilham Thompson,
Thomas Taylor.
Q. 21. Who are the Committee for Kingswood School?
A. Joseph Benson, Samuel Bradburn, Richard Rodda, Henry
Moore, Thomas Vasey.
N.B. The Committee are to audit all the accounts once a
quarter.
Q. 23. What directions shall be given concerning the
disbursements of the Yearly Collection ?
A. All deficiencies in the quarterage of Preachers, Preachers'
wives, and Preachers' children, with all demands concerning
rent, furniture, &c., shall be minuted down, as far as possible, in
the District-Meetings, and shall be paid at the Conference in
the first place.
Q, 23. What directions shall be given concerning the
attendance of the Preachers at the Conference ?
A. 1. The District-Committees respectively are to fix upon
the Preachers who are to attend the Conference; and the
expenses of their going to and returning from the Conference
shall be defrayed by their respective Circuits.
2. The Conference return their sincere thanks to Dr. Coke,
Mr. Mather, and Mr. Pawson, for their great labours in serving
the Connexion, and unanimously request them to continue in
their offices; and appoint them to attend the next meeting of the
Delegates at Manchester, for the stationing of the Preachers.
Q. 24. Are any alterations to be made in the Districts?
A. The London District is to be divided as follows ; viz.,
— London, Colchester, Rochester, Canterbury, and Sussex, are
to form one District; and Northampton, Banbury, Bedford,
Higham-Ferrers, St. Ives, and Oxford, another.
Q. 25. Who are the Chairmen for the Districts?
A. 1 London, William Thompson.
2 Northampton, Jonathan Cousins.
3 Norwich, Alexander Suter.
4 Nottingham, Thomas Longley,
5 Sarum, John Easton.
6 Jersey, Richard Recce.
7 Redruth, Lawrence Kane.
8 Plymouth, Charles Boon.
9 Bristol, Samuel Bradburn.
10 Pembroke, Thomas Roberts.
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11 Birmingham, James Rogers.
12 Manchester, Robert Roberts.
13 Chester, John Goodwin.
14 Halifax, Charles Atmore.
15 Leeds, Thomas Hanby.
16 York, Thomas Dixon.
17 Grimsby, John King.
18 Whitby, Joseph Cole.
19 IVJdtehaven, John Ogilvie.
20 Newcastle, Samuel Hodgson.
21 Edinburgh, James Bogie.
22 Aberdeen, Joseph Saunderson.
23 Dublin, David Barrowclough.
24 Cork, John Woodrow.
25 Athloiie, Archibald Murdoch.
26 Clones, Joseph Armstrong.
27 Londonderry, Robert Smith.
28 Charlemont, James M'Donald.
Q. 26. What Preachers remain on the List of Reserve ?
A. 1. John Wood, of the Newcastle Circuit, — single.
2. Jonas Hobson, of the Huddersfield Circuit, — with a wife.
3. John Hodgkinson, of the Blackburn Circuit, — with a wife.
4. John Jones, of the Chester Circuit, — single.
5. Edward Towler, of the Diss Circuit, — with a child.
6. John Brown, of the Bristol Circuit, — with a wife and child.
7. Edward Millward, of the Shepton-Mallet Circuit, — single.
8. Samuel Harris, of the Wakefield Circuit, — single.
9. John Farrar, of the Halifax Circuit, — with a wife and
one child.
10. Charles Greenly, — single.
11. William Pearson, — with a wife.
Q. 27. Is it necessary to make any observations on the present
important crisis of public affairs ?
A. We most affectionately entreat all our brethren, in the
name of God, to "honour the King." Let us daily pray for
our rulers, and " submit ourselves to every ordinance of man for
the Lord's sake."
Q. 28. Who are appointed masters for Kingswood School ?
A. INIr. Clarke, of Coleraine, head-master ; Mr. Johnson, of
Lisburn, second master ; Mr. Collins, third master.
Q. 29. Who is appointed to preside at the next Irish
Conference ?
A. Thomas Coke ; who is also authorized to visit the Irish
Circuits the ensuing year.
Q. 30. When and where shall our next Conference be held ?
A. In Manchester, on the last Monday in July, 1795.
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THE ADDRESS OF THE IRISH CONFERENCE TO THE MEMBERS OP
THE BRITISH CONFERENCE.
Dublin, July 10, 1794.
Venerable Fathers and Brethren,
The pleasing opportunity is again returned, which enables
us, as a body, to express our gratitude, affection, and esteem
for you.
We return you our sincerest thanks for your Address. The
sentiments of pure love towards us and our nation, which are so
eminentl)'^ displayed in the whole thereof, kindle within us the
warmest sense of gratitude. You are indeed our fathers in the
Gospel, as far as we dare appropriate the term to any but our
Father in heaven. You have been the gracious instruments of
bringing to this once-benighted land the light of the Gospel ;
and you have granted us, with unwearied kindness, that
temporal relief, which has removed our difficulties, and softened
our cares.
God Himself has united us to you by ties of Divine love,
which, we trust and believe, all the powers of darkness will
never be able to dissolve ; and you may rest assured that our
confidence in you is so firm and unshaken, that, should an
attempt be ever made to alienate our affection from you, we
should view it with horror, and esteem the contrivers and
promoters of it as our greatest enemies.
The Lord has been with us in our Conference. Peace, and
harmony, and love, have reigned triumphant ; and not a jarring
string has been heard among us.
Our views are enlarged. We are looking forward, and
praying for the universal spread of righteousness. The great
outpouring of the Spirit of God, with which the north of
England has been so astonishingly blessed, and with the minute
particulars of which we have been favoured by Dr. Coke, has
inflamed our desires. We long to see, yea, we believe we shall
both see and feel, the same gracious shower in Ireland, the
ensuing year. The Lord is removing the prejudices of the great
body of Homan Catholics, and a door seems to be opening
among them.
It is our wish and fervent prayer, that the Holy Spirit may
overshadow you in your approaching Conference, and that all
your counsels and resolves may redound to the glory of God
and the salvation of myriads ; that a great and effectual door
may be opened for the everlasting Gospel, not only in these
favoured islands, but throughout Europe — throughout the
world.
Most respected brethren, our desire and prayer to God is,
that in the accomplishment of this great plan of general
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happiness you may be highly-favoured instruments, and, when
you have finished the work your Great Master hath given you
to do, may shine as the stars in the firmament for ever and ever.
Signed in behalf of the Conference,
THOMAS COKE, President,
JOHN CROOK, Secretary.
TO TIIK MEMBERS OF THE METHODIST SOCIETIES
THROUGHOUT ENGLAND.
Bristol, Aug. 8, 1794.
Dear Brethren,
We have again taken into our mature consideration the state
of our Societies in this kingdom, respecting the administration
of the Sacrament, and some other particulars, which have
engaged the attention of many of our people ; and, for the sake
of peace and love, have come to the following resolutions : —
1st. All ecclesiastical titles, such as Reverend, &c., shall be
laid aside, as also gowns, bands, &c., agreeably to the resolutions
of the Conference held at Leeds, in 1793.
2dly. Preaching in Church-hours shall not be permitted,
except for special reasons, and where it will not cause a division.
3dly. As the Lord's Supper has not been administered, except
where the Society has been unanimous for it, and would not
have been contented without it; it is now agreed, that the
Lord's Supper shall not be administered in future where the
union and concord of the Society can be preserved without it.
4thly. The Preachers will not perform the office of baptism,
except for the desirable ends of love and concord ; though
baptism, as well as the burial of the dead, was performed by
many of the Preachers long before the death of Mr. Wesley,
and with his consent.
5thly. It is agreed, that the management of the temporal and
spiritual concerns of the Society shall be separated, as far as the
purposes of peace and harmony can be answered thereby ; or as
they have ever been separated in times of the greatest peace and
harmony: viz., 1. The temporal concerns shall be managed by
the Stewards chosen for that purpose, who shall keep books,
wherein all moneys collected, received, or disbursed, on account
of their respective Societies, shall be entered. — 3. The spiritual
concerns shall be managed by the Preachers, who have ever
appointed Leaders, chosen Stewards, and admitted members
into and expelled them from the Society, consulting their
brethren the Stewards and Leaders. The Preachers also, as
hitherto, are to appoint love-feasts and watch-nights, and to vary
the times and places of preaching, class-meeting, &c., &c.
6thly. That the Trustees may have the fullest assurance that
the Conference love them, and have not the shadow of a desire
1794. 315
to oppress them^ any more than to reject any proposals which
they conceive calculated to restore and preserve peace and
harmony, the following articles are added : —
1st. The Trustees, in conjunction with the Assistant Preacher,
who shall have one vote only, shall choose their own Stewards,
who shall receive and disburse all seat-rents, and such collections
as shall be made for the purpose of paying interest for money
due upon the premises, or for reducing the principal: of all
which moneys, so received or disbursed, the aforesaid Stewards
shall keep proper accounts in books provided for that purpose ;
which books shall be open for the inspection of the Assistant,
and audited in his presence once every year, or oftener if
convenient. Provided always, that when the necessities of the
work of God require it, the Trustees shall allow quarterly what
may appear requisite for carrying on the work, so that it be not
cramped. Provided, that if the seat-rents and collections fall
short of what will be sufficient to discharge the rents, interest
of money, and other necessary expenses of the chapels, the
deficiency shall be made good out of some other revenue of the
Society; and that books shall be provided, wherein shall be
inserted all the accounts both of the Trustees and of the
Stewards of the respective Societies, which shall be open for the
inspection of the Trustees and others; and that the said accounts
shall be annually audited in the presence of the Trustees.
Provided also, that nothing in these resolutions shall be
construed to extend to alter any of the powers contained in the
Trust-Deeds.
2dly. No Trustee (however accused, or defective in conforming
to the established rules of the Society) shall be removed from
the Society, unless his crime, or breach of the rules of the
Society, be proved in the presence of the Trustees and Leaders.
3dly. If any Preacher be accused of immorality, a meeting
shall be called of all the Preachers, Trustees, Stewards, and
Leaders of the Circuit in wbich the accused Preacher labours ;
and if the charge be proved to the satisfaction of the majority
of such meeting, the Chairman of the District in which that
Circuit is situated shall remove the convicted Preacher from
the Circuit, on the request of the majority of the meeting.
Nevertheless, an appeal on either side to the Conference shaU
remain.
Signedj in behalf of the Conference,
THOMAS HANBY, President
THOMAS COKE, Secretary,
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MANCHESTER, Monday, July 27, 1795.*
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted into full connexion
tins year?
A. Edward Gibbons, Thomas Trethewey, John Doncaster,
William Dcutou, Isaac Lilly, William Franklin, Stephen Wilson,
William Mahy, Henry Mahy, James Jay, Michael Emraett,
Richard Pattison, John Kingston, George Deverell, James
Buckley, Alexander Cummins, Henrj'^ Anderson, Cleland
Kirkpatrick, Thomas Fearnley, Thomas Greaves. f
Ireland. — Joseph Hennin, William Armstrong, John M'Far-
land, Samuel Alcorn.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL ?
A. Richard Gower, Joseph Kyte, Joseph Bowes, Joseph
Robbins, Francis Balliau, John Stephens, Robert Smith, jun.,
John Ward, Richard Hardacre, James Bridgnell, William
Fenwick, Richard TrefFry, Stephen Eversfield, Isaac Muff,
William Brown, Thomas Linay, John Brice, George Morley :
77ie above have travelled three years.
Jonathan Barker, George Marsden, Thomas Yates, James
Scholefield^ Richard Waddy, Edmund Shaw, Francis West,
Patrick Kelly, James Penman, George Douglas, John Clarke,
Robert Green, Anthony Seckerson, William Harrison, George
Dermott, Leonard Ledbrook, James Lyons, James Mort, John
Phillips, Charles Gloyne, Thomas Ingham :
The above have travelled two years.
Edward Towler, William Hicks, Caleb Simmons, James Crabb,
Mark Daniel, Thomas Stanton, William Pearson, John Brownell,
John Ash all, Thomas Parsons, William Howarth, William
Moulton, Andrew Mayor, William Timperley, Joseph Drake,
Arthur Hutchinson, Richard Thompson, John Furnace, Edward
Millward, John Jones, Samuel Harris, John Hudson :
The above have travelled one year.
Ireland. — Matthew Tobias,J James Stuart, Robert Banks,
Thomas M'Clellan, James Jordan, James Smith, Robert
Dougherty, John INI'Arthur :
The above have travelled three years.
* N.B. The first day was spent in fasting and prayer.
+ All those who have travelled four years, and are well recommended by their
respective Assistants, shall be admitted into full connexion, though absent from the
Conference, provided that sufficient reasons be given for their absence. Nevertheless,
they shall pass through the usual examination at the next Conference at which thry
shall be present.
+ IMatthew Tobias has travelled four years, but was not able to attend the Dublin
Conference. He would have been admitted as a person of unexceptionable character,
if tlie rule for admitting Preachers in their absence had then existed.
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James M'Kee, Robert Crozier, George Stephenson :
The above have travelled tioo years.
Francis Russell, Archibald Montgomery, John Stuart, William
Patten, Joseph Anderson, John Hamilton, Daniel M'Mullen,
Matthew Lanktree :
The above have travelled one year.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. John Jennings, Charles Greenly, Thomas Rought, Josiab
Hill, Joseph Brookhouse, James Gill, Joseph Cook, Martin
Vaughan, John Leppington, John Wood, Thomas Edman,
Thomas Blanshard, Thomas Stanley, Joseph Collier, Samuel
Harris.
Ireland. — John Clegg, Glenham Beech, James M'Kown,
John Gillis, Lawrence Kane, jun.
N.B. This is the second time that John Gillis has been put
back upon trial.
Q. 4. Who have died this year?
A. 1. Benjamin Pearce. He travelled eleven years in
England, Ireland, and the West Indies, with an unblamable
character, and considerable usefulness. In his voyage from
Grenada to Barbadoes, he was seized with a putrid fever, and
died on his passage. Before he expired, he called the captain of
the vessel, and said to him, " Tell my friends, when you arrive
in Barbadoes, that I die happy in God."
2. John Cook, who was appointed to labour in the West
Indies. He was recommended in the strongest manner by all
the Preachers, Stewards, and Leaders of his Circuit. On his
arrival at the island of Tortola, he was seized with the putrid
fever then raging in that part of the world. A lodging was
prepared for him on a hill, where the air was particularly
salubrious, and two physicians attended him ; but all in vain.
After an illness of five days, he was taken to his reward, in the
prime of Hfe, and in the triumph of faith. " How unaccount-
able are Thy judgments, O God ! "
3. John Broadbent, who laboured in the Lord^s vineyard
for twenty-two years. During the last years of his life, his
constitution was exceedingly debilitated ; but, knowing that he
had sunk into an irrecoverable decline, he laid out every small
degree of strength afibrded hira in the honourable course in
which he was engaged, and preached to the last. He was a
zealous man, and truly alive to God. He resigned his soul in
peace, observing to a friend, just before he died, that God had
very much blessed his soul.
4. William Butterfield. He travelled about eleven years,
and was an acceptable, useful Preacher. His death was
occasioned bv an inflammation in the brain.
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5. Matthew Lowes, an old and faithful Preaclier. He
travelled about sixteen years, till an asthmatic complaint obliged
him to limit his usefulness. He was remarkable for humility,
meekness, and seriousness.
6. Mark Willis, an excellent young man, and an acceptable
Preacher. He travelled about seven years, and was taken off by
a consumption in the bloom of life.
7. William Martin, a young man of promising abilities,
and considerable usefulness. He died of a scarlet fever, after an
illness of five days, in the third year of his itinerancy, and the
twenty-ninth of his age. He was perfectly sensible to the last,
and died happy in the Lord.
8. Charles Boon, who died of an atrophy, after labouring
as a Travelling Preacher about twenty -four years. In him the
church has lost an upright, able, and zealous Minister; his
acquaintance, a kind and sincere friend ; and his afflicted partner,
an affectionate and indulgent husband. There appeared to be
blended in him the softness of moderation with the inflexibility
of truth ; the meekness of wisdom, with the ardour of piety ;
and the desire of unity and peace, with strict attention to order
and discipline. He lived esteemed, and died lamented ; and his
memory will be blessed, and engraven on the hearts of many.
9. Samuel Hodgson, a man of unblemished character, and
of a generous, liberal mind. He acquired a good deal of know-
ledge, and walked humbly with the Lord. W^hile crossing the
ferry, near Sunderland, with several others, the ])oat was overset,
and he and the greatest part of the passengers were drowned.
Thus, in the awful providence of God, this excellent man was
snatched from his sphere of usefulness to a better country, and
to the full enjoyment of the God he loved. He was heard to say,
just before he sunk, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit; and have
mercy on my fellow-sufferers." He travelled sixteen years.
10. Thomas Elliott, a deeply-pious and zealous man. He
travelled in Ireland four years, and was two yeai's a Super-
numerary. He was of a strong understanding and good gifts.
The Lord was pleased to take him to his reward in the prime of
life, by a consumption brought on through excessive labour.
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 6. Who have desisted from travelling?
A. Francis Thoresby, William Brown.
Q, 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows: —
1 London, Thomas Coke, John Pawson, James Creighton,
Peard Dickinson, Francis Wrigley, Adam
Clarke, William West, Walter Griffith,
Richard Reece; George Story, Editor, &c.j
1795.
2 Rye,
3 Rochester^
4 Canterbury^
5 Colchester,
6 Harwich,
7
8
9
10
Norioich,
Yarmouth,
Diss,
Bury,
Lynn,
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George Whitfield, Book-Steward; Thomas
Olivers and Thomas Rankin^ Super-
numeraries.
Thomas Bartholomew, William Saunders,
Joseph Kyte, Henry Anderson.
William Collins, Richard Treffry.
William Shelmerdine, John Saunderson,
James Mort. (The single men in
Rochester and Canterbury, are to change
with each other once a quarter.)
John Reynolds, John Stephens.
John Hickling, Duncan Kay. (The single
men in Colchester and Harwich are to
change once a quarter.)
Benjamin Leggatt, John Leppingtou.
James Anderson, Edmund Shaw, Francis West.
George Sykes, Charles Tunnycliflfe.
Thomas Broadbent, John Furnace.
Charles Kyte, Richard Hardacre.
James
11
12 Walsinffham, William Heath, John Wittam.
13 Bedford, Jonathan Cousins, Joseph Robbins.
14 Hiff ham-Ferrers, Joseph Harper, Edward Towler.
15 St. Ives, (Hunts., J Stephen Wilson, Thomas Linay,
Scholefield.
16 Northampton, Edward Gibbons, Thomas Gill.
17 Banbury, Thomas Rogerson, Josiah Hill.
18 Oxford, Owen Davies, John Dean; John Murlin,
Supernumerary.
.19 Newbury, John Boyle, James Lawton.
20 Gloucester, William Jenkins, Joseph Burgess, John
Jennings.
21 Worcester, Joseph Taylor, James Thorn, James Bridgnell.
22 Salisbury, John M 'Kersey, Robert Smith, jun.
23 Blandford, William Holmes, William Howarth, Thomas
Stanton, Charles Greenly; Robert Carr
Brackenbury, Supernumerary.
24 Portsmouth, Joseph Algar, George Deverell, James Crabb,
John Jones, Joseph Brookhouse.
25 Isle of Jersey, William Palmer, John de Queteville.
26 Isle of Guernsey, Thomas Simmonite, Henry Mahy.
27 Isles of Alderney\^ \\\\dim Dieuaide, Francis Balliau. (The
and Sark, J Preachers in the islands are to change
once in two months.)
28 Bath, Samuel Bradburn, John Grant.
29 Bradford, Wilts., James Rogers, Richard Gower.
30 Bristol, Joseph Bradford, Joseph Cole, Charles
Atmore, Andrew Mayor, John Ashall;
Thomas Roberts, Supernumerary.
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31 Shepton-Mallet, William Ashman, Theophilus Lessey, Joseph
Bowes ; John Easton, Supernumerary.
32 Taunton, James M. Byron, John Clarke, William
Moulton.
33 Collumpton, Thomas Trethewey, William Thoresby.
34 Plymouth-JDock, Jonathan Crowther, James Lyons.
35 Launceston, Thomas Kelk, John Sandoe, John Cricket.
36 St. Austle, John Smith, Thomas Yates, Mark Daniel.
37 Jtedruth, Lawrence Kane, William Aver, James Jay,
Joseph Cook.
Z^ Penzance, and the'X y^'\\\\?im Horner, Francis Truscott,
Isles of Scilly, J James Evans, Edward Millward,
Robert Green ; John W^atson,
Supernumerary.
39 Haverfordwest, William Cox, James Buckley, William
Hicks.
40 Swansea, Samuel Taylor, William Pearson, James
Gill.
41 Brecon, Cleland Kirkpatrick, John Wood.
42 Merthyr-Tydvil, Caleb Simmons. (The Preachers in Brecon
and INIerthyr-Tydvil are to change once a
month.)
43 Birmingham, William Thompson, Richard Elliott, George
Marsden.
John Woodrow, James Watson, Jonathan
Barker.
George Baldwin, Thomas Blanshard.
John Goodwin, Richard Rodda,
Simpson.
Thomas Hutton, William Saunderson.
48 Macclesfield, George Snowden, John Booth,
Crowther ; George Shadford,
numerary.
Jeremiah Brettell, John Leech.
Alexander Mather, Thomas Rutherford.
Thomas Taylor, Robert Miller.
John Gaulter, John Denton.
Benjamin Rhodes, John Furuess.
Thomas Wood, William Franklin.
James M'Donald, William Simpson, Joseph
ColHer.
Henry Moore, John Allen, Thomas Fearnley.
(The single men in Chester and Liverpool
are to change every six weeks.)
George Lowe, Miles Martindale.
Timothy Crowther, David Barrowclough.
Joseph Entwisle, Jonathan Edmondson,
Charles Gloyne.
44 Dudley,
45 Shreivsbury,
46 Burslem,
47 Leek,
49 Stockport,
50 Manchester,
51 Oldham,
52 Rochdale,
53 Bolton,
54 Wig an,
55 Chester,
56 Liverpool,
57 Northwich,
58 Blackburn,
59 Colne,
John
Robert
Super-
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CO Lancaster, Abraham Moseley, Alexander Cummins.
61 Leicester, Simon Day, Samuel Bardsley.
62 Hinckley, George Sargent, Leonard Ledbrook.
63 Castle-Donington, John Beaumont, George Morley.
64 Newark, Thomas Cooper, George Dermott.
65 Nottingham, Thomas Hanby, Thomas Lougley, Thomas
Greaves.
66 Derby, John Nelson, Thomas Dunn; Joseph Jerom,
Supernumerary.
67 Ashby, Jonathan Parkin, John Atkins, Thomas
Rought.
68 Sheffield, Henry Taylor, William Bramwell.
69 Rotherham, George Button, John Crosby.
70 Grimsby, James Hall, Thomas Vasey, William
Harrison, sen.
71 Horncastle, Charles Bland, Thomas Stanley.
72 Boston, John Wilshaw, Isaac Lilly.
73 Gainsborough, John King, E-obert Smith, sen., John Brice,
Thomas Edman.
74 Epivorth, Jasper Robinson, George Mowat, William
Hunter, jun.
75 Leeds, Joseph Benson, Isaac Brown, Wilham Thom ;
William Denton, Supernumerary.
7Q Wakefield, William Myles, John Ogilvie, Michael
Emmett; Thomas Hanson and William
Boothby, Supernumeraries.
77 Huddersfield, John Barber, Robert Lomas.
78 Birstal, George Highfield, James MTherson, Parson
Greenwood; Joseph Drake and Thomas
Johnson, Supernumeraries.
79 Dewsbury, John Mason, Robert Hopkins.
80 Bradford, Robert Roberts, John S. Pipe; John
Beanland, Supernumerary.
81 Halifax, John Pritchard, George Gibbon.
82 Keighley, Edward Jackson, Thomas Tattershall.
83 Otley, Lancelot Harrison, John Brettell.
84 Whitehaven, George Holder, John Braithwaite, John
Phillips. (The single men are to change
with Robert Dall.)
85 Isle of Man, John Barritt, Arthur Hutchinson, Samuel
Harris.
86 York, William Blagborne, Zachariah YewdaU, John
Kershaw.
87 Malton, Joseph Pescod, Isaac MuflF, John Dutton.
88 Pocklington, Thomas Harrison, WilUam Timperley; Peter
Mill, Supernumerary.
89 Hull, James Wood, William Percival, John Stamp.
90 Bridlington, William Stevens, John Hudson.
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91 Scarborough,
92 Whitby,
93 Ripon,
94 Middleham,
95 Stockton,
Jonathan Brown, Thoraas Parsons.
Thomas Dixon, Samuel Botts; Booth Newton^
Supernumerary.
Samuel Gates, Philip Hardcastle.
Robert Harrison, James Ridall.
John Moon, Daniel Jackson.
96 Barnard-Castle, John Peacock, John Ramshaw, Anthony
Seckerson; Joseph Thompson, Super-
numerary.
97 Hexham, "William Hunter, sen., William Hainsworth;
John Foster, Supernumerary.
98 Sunderland, Alexander Suter, Thomas Carlill, John Riles.
99 Newcastle, Robert Johnson, Richard Condy.
100 Alnwick, Alexander Kilham, Stephen Eversfield;
Robert Swan, Supernumerary.
SCOTLAND.
101 Edinburgh, James Bogie, Richard Waddy, George
Douglas.
102 Glasgow, John Townsend, John Doncaster.
103 Dumfries, Robert Dall.
104- Berwick, Matthew Lumb.
105 Dundee, Thomas Warwick, John Ward.
106 Brechin, Joseph Saunderson, Joseph Cross.
107 Aberdeen, William Stephenson, Thomas Ingham.
108 Inverness and Banff, Duncan INl^AUum, William Fenwick,
Richard Thompson.
IRELAND.
109 Dublin,
110 Wicklow,
111 Carlow,
112 r Vat erf or d,
113 Cork,
114 Bandon,
115 Mallow,
116 Limerick,
117 Birr,
118 Castkbar,
119 Athlone,
120 Mountrath,
121 Longford,
122 Sligo,
123 Ballyconndl,
William M'Cornock, William Smith;
Matthias Joyce, Book-Steward.
Samuel Moorhead, George Brown; James
Rennick, Supernumerary.
Michael Murphy, John Price, John Stuart.
Samuel Steele, Thomas Patterson.
Joseph Sutcliffe, John MTarland.
John Darragh, John Hurley.
Archibald Murdoch, William Patten.
John Grace, Joseph Hennin.
Charles Graham, William Wilson, George
Stephenson; John Bredin, Supernumerary.
Alexander Moore, James M'Quigg.
Samuel Mitchell, James Jordan.
William Hamilton, Francis Russell.
John Stephenson, Joseph Anderson, James
M'Kown.
Thomas Ridgeway, James Irwin.
Thomas Barber, John Hamilton.
1795.
333
124 Cavan, Andrew Hamilton, jun., John Cross^ Thomas
M^Clellan.
125 Clones, Gustavus Armstrong, Robert Crozier, Daniel
M'Mullen.
126 Brookborough, Joseph Armstrong, James Stuart.
127 Enniskillen, William Ferguson, William Armstrong.
128 BaU'mamallard, Matthew Tobias, Lawrence Kane.
129 Ballyshannon, Robert Banks, James Bell.
130 Newtown-Stewart, Francis Armstrong, Archibald Mont-
gomery, Glenham Beech; Thomas
Kerr, Supernumerary.
131 Charlemont, Andrew Hamilton, sen., John M'Arthur,
James M'Kee.
132 Londonderry, Samuel Wood, Thomas Hewett, John Gillis.
133 Coleraine, Matthew Stewart, Thomas Brown, Matthew
Lanktree.
134 Belfast, John Dinnen, Robert Smith.
135 Lisburn, David Gordon, James M'Mullen.
136 Downpatrick, Blakely Dowling, James Smith.
137 Tanderagee, John Kerr, Samuel Alcorn, John Clegg, John
Malcomson.
138 Newry, John Crook, Robert Dougherty.
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN AMERICA.
NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, AND NEWFOUNDLAND.
Halifax,
Liverpool,
Shelburne,
Newport,
Horton,
Annapolis,
St. John,
Fredericton,
St. Stephen's,
Cumberland,
Newfoundland,
James Mann. ^
Isaac Lunsford.
Daniel Fidler.
John Mann.
Theodore Harding.
James Boyd.
William Jessop.
William Grandine.
Duncan M'CoU.
Benjamin Wilson.
George Smith.
WEST INDIES.
William Black,
General Assistant.
") John Baxter, William Warrener, Richard
> Andrews, James Alexander, T. Dumble-
) ton, John Brownell.
Edward Turner, Thomas Isham.
Thomas Owens.
Antigua,
St. Christopher's,
Nevis,
Tortola,
St. Vincent's,
Barbadoes,
Jamaica, William Fish, John M'Vean, James Penman.
N.B. John Harper, John Kingston, and Richard Pattison,
are removed to the continent of America.
Y 2
324
1795.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for ?
A. Oue hundred and fifty.
Q. 9. How many of these are to be provided for by tLc
Circuits?
A. Ninety : as follows ; viz., —
London, S. Clarke, AVest,
Collins, (T.) Broadbent.
Rochester, ^ g^ shelmerdine.
S.
Leggatt.
S. Kelk.
Brettell.
S. Rutherford,
]
S. Beau-
mont.
Canterbury, J
Norwich, £4.
Yarmouth, £8.
Rye, £6.
Diss, S. Tunnycliffe.
Lynn, S. Kvte.
Bedford, £S.
Worcestershire, £Q.
Portsmouth, S. Algar.
Isles of Jersey, S. Dieuaide.
Bath, S. Bradburn.
Bristol, S. Reynolds, Hickling,
Anderson.
Shepton-Mallet, S. Ashman.
Taunton, £6. ") c -d
Collumpfon,£6.j^-^>™'
Plymouth, S. (Jon.)
Crowther, and j^6.
Redruth, S. Kane,
and £6.
St. Austle, S. (J.) Smith.
Penzance, S. Horner.
Birmingham, S. (William)
Thompson, Elliott.
Burslem, S. Goodwin.
Macclesfield, S. Snowden,
Booth.
Stockport, S
Manchester,
Leech, Hutton
Oldham, S. Tftylor.
Rochdale, S. Gaulter.
Bolton, S. Rhodes.
Chester, S. M'Donald.
Liverpool, S. ]\Ioore, Allen.
North wich, S. Martindale.
Blackburn, S. (Tim.) Crowther.
Colne, S. Entwisle.
Q. 10. How are the remaining sixty wives to be provided for?
viz., — S. Heath, Cousins, Harper, Gill, Boyle, Baldwin, (John)
Nottingham, S. Hanbv
Castle-Doningtou,
£6.
Derby, £6.
Ashby, S. Parkin.
Sheffield, S. Taylor, Bramwell,
Button.
Grimsby, S. Hall.
Horncastle, S. Bland.
Gainsborough, S. (Rob.) Smith.
Epworth, S. Mowat.
Leeds, S. Benson, Brown,
Thom.
Wakefield, S. Myles, Ogilvic.
Huddersfield, S. Barber.
Birstal, S. Highfield.
Bradford, S. Roberts.
HaUfax, S. Pritchard.
Keighley, S. Tattershall.
Isle of Man, S. Barritt.
York, S.Harrison, (Jn.) Brettell.
Malton, S. Pescod.
Pocklington, ) S. Mill and
Bridlington, j children.
Hull, S. Wood.
Whitby, S. Botts.
Ripon, ,£6. lent
Hexham, £6. |S- Gates.
Stockton, S. Moon.
Sunderland, S. Suter, Riles.
Newcastle, S. Condy, Johnson.
Edinbure;h, £6. ") c t> •
m jpc r S. Bogie.
Glasgow, £o. ) *=
Ireland, S. M'Cornock, Joyce,
Price, Patterson, Smith,
Hurley, Grace, Graham,
Wilson, M'Quigg, Stephen-
son, £6; Irwin, Barber,
(G.) Brown, Armstrong,
Ferguson, Miller.
1795.
325
Simpson, (R.) Miller, Barrowclough, Funiess, Simpson, Watson,
Day, Longley, Dunn, Atkins, Nelson, Crosby, Hunter, Drake,
Greenwood, Gibbon, Hopkins, MufF, (Jon.) Brown, Dixon,
Percival, (D.) Jackson, Peacock, Ramshaw, Seckerson, Hunter,
Hainsworth, Kilham, Townsend, Doncaster, Dall, Lumb,
Davies, Ward, Cross, Warwick, Stephenson, M'Allum, Cooper,
Rogerson, (Jam.) Thorn, (Jos.) Taylor, Denton, Anderson, Bell,
Kerr, Hamilton, Wood, Stewart, Dinnen, Gordon, M'Mullen,
Dowling, and Crook.
A. Partly by the subscriptions raised in the Circuits, and
partly by the Contingent Fund.
N.B. The money for the wives above-mentioned, resident in
England and Scotland, will be deposited in the hands of Mr.
Whitfield ; and that for the wives resident in Ireland, in the
hands of Messrs. M'Cornock and Joyce.
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Society?
A. As follows : —
London
3340
Plymouth
- 584
Sussex
365
Launceston
- 300
Rochester
389
St. Austle
- 920
Canterbury
277
Redruth
- 1858
Colchester
150
Penzance, &c. -
- 1395
Harwich
193
Pembroke
- 136
Norwich
280
Glamorgan
- 290
Yarmouth
398
Brecon
- 121
Diss - - -
417
Birmingham -
- 1207
Bury - - -
179
Dudley
- 445
Lynn ...
227
Shrewsbury
- 420
Walsingham -
237
Burslem
- 1300
Bedford
250
Leek -
- 460
Higham-Ferrers
193
Macclesfield -
- 1355
St. Ives, Hunts.
180
Stockport
- 1400
Northampton -
229
Manchester
- 3300
Banbury
291
Oldham
- 1070
Oxford
820
Bolton
- 1080
Gloucester
333
Wigan
- 430
Worcester
470
Chester
- 560
Salisbury
262
Liverpool
- 982
Blandford
190
Northwich
- 624
Portsmouth
500
Blackburn
- 993
Isles of Guernsey, &c.
600
Colne -
- 1120
Isle of Alderney
622
Lancaster
53
Bradford, Wilts.
414
Leicester
- 287
Bristol
1645
Hinckley
- 197
Shepton-Mallet
750
Castle-Donington
- 570
Taniiton
410
Nottingham
- 1100
CoUumpton
484
Newark
- 370
326
1795.
Derby -
- 580
Waterford
- 254
Ashby -
- 700
Cork -
- 360
Sheffield
- 1750
Bandon
- 162
Eotherham
- 637
Mallow
- 175
Grimsby
- 869
Limerick
- 226
Horncastle
- 683
Birr -
- 264
Eoston
Aughrim
- 270
Gainsborough -
- 950
Castlebar
- 223
Epworth
- 684
Athlon e
- 920
Leeds -
- 3450
Longford
- 450
Wakefield
- 1080
Shgo -
- 310
Huddersfield -
- 1286
BaUyconnell -
- 460
Birstal
- 1400
Cavan -
- 680
Dewsbury
- 820
Clones
- 755
Bradford
- 1430
Brookborough -
- 565
Halifax
- 1500
Enniskillen
- 386
Keighley
- 1360
Ballinamallard -
- 592
Otley -
- 1100
Ballyshannon -
- 356
Whitehaven
- 400
Newtown-Stewart
- 735
Isle of Man -
- 2433
Charlemont
•- 1200
York -
- 1220
Londonderry -
- 260
Malton
- 730
Innishowen
- 100
Pocklington
- 940
Coleraine
- 283
Hull -
- 1280
Ballymena
- 285
Bridlington
- 450
Belfast
- 550
Scarborough -
- 500
Lisburn
- 825
Whitby
- 530
Downpatrick -
- 510
Thirsk
- 978
Tanderagee
- 1030
Stockton
- 625
Newry
. 460
Barnard-Castle
Hexham
- 560
- 789
InaU
90,347
Sunderland
- 1028
Newcastle
- 800
Alnwick
- 320
AMERICA.
Edinburgh
- 180
Glasgow
- 151
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Ayr -
Dumfries
32
36
Nova Scotia and New Bi'uns-
' - 7
Berwick, &c. -
62
wick.
Dundee
- 105
Halifax
- 133
Brechin
68
Liverpool
70
Aberdeen
- 290
Shelburne
- 180
Banff -
- 170
Horton
94
Inverness
- J04
Newport
78
Dublin
- 1030
Cumberland
- 150
Wicklow
- 145
Annapolis
- 105
Carlow
- 445
/ / 1 ^'
St. John
- 118
1795.
Fredericton
St. Stephen's -
St. John's^ Island
Newfoundland
West Indies.
Antigua, "Whites
Coloured people
Blacks
Barbadoes, Whites
Coloured people
Blacks
Grenada
St. Vincent's,* Whites
Coloured people \
and Blacks J
Dominica
St.Christopher's, Whites
Coloured people \
and Blacks J
Nevis - - .
Montserrat
Tortola, Whites
Coloured people
and Blacks
Jamaica, Whites
Coloured people
Blacks
327
}
100
52
20
200
36
7
2279
34
7
10
80
4
450
20
13
1410
400
12
6
2250
24
46
170
In all
8,558
IN THE STATES OF AMERICA.
Dover Circuit, Whites - 930
Blacks - 507
Milford, Whites - 781
Blacks - 319
Somerset, Whites - 553
Blacks . 87
Northampton, Whites - 616
Blacks - 249
f Annamessex, Whites - 345
Blacks - 85
Dorset, Whites - 534
Blacks- - 431
Talbot, Whites - 635
Blacks- - 330
Caroline, Whites - 446
Blacks - 236
Queen Ann, Whites - 573
Blacks - 467
Kent, Whites - - 372
Blacks - - 467
Cecil, Whites - - 434
Blacks - - 321
Hartford, Whites - 519
Blacks - 219
Baltimore, Whites - 695
Blacks - 123
Baltimore Town, Whites 440
Blacks 207
Federal, Whites - 732
Blacks - 565
Annapolis, Whites - 120
Blacks - 190
Calvert, Whites - 682
Blacks - 1102
Prince George, Whites 110
Blacks - 205
Huntingdon, Whites - 191
Blacks - 2
Bath, Whites - - 290
Blacks - - 22
Montgomery, Whites - 685
Blacks - 340
Frederick, Whites - 365
Blacks - 90
Little York and Car-
lisle, Whites - 276
Blacks - 7
Leesburg, Whites - 55
Blacks - 13
Fell's-Point, Whites - 96
Blacks - 35
Alexandria, Whites - 60
* This island and Grenada are now in so dreadful a state, that the work of God
seems quite at a stand. But we doubt not that, as soon as peace is established,
religion will again lift up its head. In the other islands, it still flourishes and
deepens.
338
1795.
Alexandria, Blacks
40
Banks, Blacks
16
Winchester, Whites
451
Richmond and Man-
Blacks
111
chester, Whites
23
Fairfax, Whites
540
Blacks
4
Blacks
50
Salisbury, Whites
543
Stafford, Whites
324
Blacks
21
Blacks
42
Jadkin and Swanino,
Lancaster, Whites
552
Whites
702
Blacks
180
Blacks
12
Pendleton, Whites
Q7
Anson, Whites
249
Blacks
3
Blacks
36
Berkley, Whites
526
Roan Oak, Whites
464
Blacks
72
Blacks
423
Rockingham, Whites -
364
Tar River, Whites
570
Blacks -
33
Blacks
103
Alleghany, Whites
285
Goshen, Whites
355
Blacks
14
Blacks
34
Amherst, Whites
341
Pamlico, Whites
488
Blacks
10
Blacks
92
Orange, Whites
642
Mattamaskeat, Whites
198
Blacks
74
Bladen, Whites
480
Hanover, Whites
532
Blacks
55
Blacks
81
Quotentney, Whites -
316
Gloucester, Whites
713
Blacks
74
Blacks
81
Trent, Whites -
597
Williamsburg, Whites -
423
Blacks -
327
Blacks -
121
New Hope, Whites
666
Amelia, Whites
545
Blacks
102
Blacks
103
Guildford, Whites
631
Greensville, Whites
878
Blacks
51
Blacks
360
Caswell, Whites
477
Sussex, Whites
1285
Blacks
58
Blacks
1069
Franklin, Whites
514
Portsmouth, Whites -
651
Blacks
86
Blacks -
367
Great Pee-Dee, Whites
291
Bertie, Whites
616
Blacks
127
Blacks
176
Little Pee-Dee, Whites
500
Camden, Whites
480
Blacks
91
Blacks
304
Santee, Whites
254
Brunswick, Whites
586
Blacks
149
Blacks
216
Union, Whites
483
Cumberland, Whites -
312
Blacks
57
Blacks -
7
Catauba, Whites
180
Norfolk, Whites
119
Blacks
5
Blacks
154
Charleston, Whites
60
Petersburg, Whites
52
Blacks
220
Blacks
28
Edisto, Whites
452
Banks, Whites
203
Blacks
100
1795.
329
Bush River, Whites
245
Washington, Whites -
222
Blacks
7
Blacks
6
Broad River, Whites -
435
Redstone, Whites
278
Blacks -
68
Blacks
7
Seleuda, Whites
333
Pittsburg, Whites
150
Blacks
23
Blacks
1
Cherokee, Whites
204
Boston, Whites
45
George-Town, Whites -
53
Blacks
4
Blacks -
103
Needham, Whites
76
Washington, Whites -
389
Lynn, Whites
149
Blacks
128
Greenwich, Whites
30
Richmond, Whites
650
Warren, Whites
127
Blacks
111
New London, Whites -
219
Burke & Oconee, Whites
523
Middletown, Whites -
187
Blacks
31
Lichfield, Whites
195
Blackswamp, Whites -
120
Tolland, Whites
334
Holstein, Whites
257
Granville, Whites
148
Blacks
18
Pittsfield, Whites
305
New River, Whites
255
Cambridge, Whites
412
Blacks -
18
Saratoga, Whites
160
Russel, Whites
145
Otsego, Whites
140
Blacks
4
Harkemer, Whites
182
Green, Whites
300
Blacks
2
Blacks -
7
Dutchess, Whites
406
Lexington, Whites
410
Blacks
10
Blacks
20
Albany, Whites
475
Dansville, Whites
447
Blacks
5
Blacks
19
Columbia, Whites
251
Hinkstone, Whites
270
Blacks
2
Blacks
5
Fairfield, Whites
220
Limestone, Whites
374
Croton, Whites
283
Blacks
6
New Rochelle, Whites
364
Cumberland, Whites -
400
Blacks
11
Blacks -
30
Long Island, Whites -
250
Salt River, Whites
350
Blacks -
34
Blacks
8
Staten Island, Whites -
70
Bedford, Whites
345
Ehzabeth-Town, Whites
199
Blacks
41
Blacks
12
Bottetourt, Whites
470
rianders. Whites
258
Blacks
30
Blacks
3
Greenbrier, Whites
107
Newburg, Whites
430
Blacks
7
Blacks
13
Cowpasture, Whites
50
New York, Whites
575
Blacks
8
Blacks
135
Clarksburg, Whites
334
Delaware, Whites
290
Blacks
4
Freehold, Whites
453
Ohio, Whites -
221
Blacks
24
Blacks -
1
Salem, Whites
586
330
1795.
Y
British Dominions,
Whites
Upper Canada,
Whites
Lower Circuit,
Whites
Midland Circuit, Whites
Blacks
116
216
2
Total number of
Whites and
Blacks
AFRICA.
SierraLeone,Coloured )
65,505
people
Total in Europe
Total in America
Total in Africa
InaU
;
400
90,3J:7
74,063
400
164,810
Salem, Blacks - 94
Bethel, Whites - 404
Blacks - 11
Trenton, Whites - 156
Blacks - 18
Burlington, Whites - 383
Blacks - 15
Bristol, Whites - 211
Blacks - 6
Chester, Whites - 200
Blacks - 19
Lancaster, Whites - 256
Blacks - 4
Wilmington, Whites - 90
Blacks - 55
Philadelphia, Whites - 301
Blacks - 66
Northumberland,Whites 310
Blacks 1
Tioga, Whites - - 113
Wyoming, Whites - 183
Seneca-Lake, Whites - 81
Q. 12. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. £1,350. 145. 6d.
Q. 13. What children are admitted this year?
A. Joseph Algar and Theophilus Lessey.
Q. 14. What can we allow at present for the education of the
Preachers' children who cannot be admitted into Kingswood
School ?
A. £348.
Q. 15. What sons of Preachers who are not admitted into
Kingswood School have an allowance for their education ?
A. William Thompson, £12. Joseph Benson, £12. John
Benson, £12. Thomas Taylor, £12. Robert Hopkins, £12.
Thomas Henrv Taylor, £12. Robert Taylor, £12. John
M'Allum, £12' William Blair, for two years, £24. William
West, £12. John Dall, £12. WilHam Black's son, for two
years, £24. James Thom, £12. Wilham Percival, £12.
Jonathan West and Matthew Stewart, £9. 17s. In all,
£201. 175.
Q. 16
Preachers ?
A. For Sarah Day, third year, £6. Hannah Pritchard, third
yeai', £6. Martha Longley, third year, £6. Jane Longley,
second year, £6. Jane Wilshaw, second year, £6. Elizabeth
Kane, second year, £6. INIartha Kane, second year, £6.
Esther Lessey, second year, £6. Ann Martindale, second year,
£6, Sarah Pritchard, second year, £6. Esther Roberts,
What is allowed for the education of the daughters of
1795.
331
second year, £6. Ann Benson, second year, £6. Isabella
Watson, second year, £6. Sarah Condy, second year, £6.
Jane Jackson, second year, £6. Letitia Hall, second year, £Q.
Ann Graham, second year, £6. Ann Creighton, second year,
£6. Sophia Moon, first year, £6. Ann Kirkpatrick, first year,
£Q. Hester Ann Rogers, first year, £6. Martha Goodwin,
first year, £6. Elizabeth Day, first year, £6. Lucy Gibbon,
first year, £6. Elizabeth Mill, first year, £6. Margaret Price,
first year, £6. Catharine Thompson, £6. In all, £162.
Q. 17. What is contributed for the Preachers' Fund?
A. Subscriptions by the people - - £882 6 0
Ditto by the Preachers - - 406 10 6
In all £1,288 16
6
Q. 18. What is allowed out of it?
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
A. To Sister") .^
0
0
Margaret Shaw-
- 30
0
0
Westell j ^"^
\J
\J
Joseph Thompson
- 29
0
0
Thomas Hanson - 20
0
0
Joseph Jerom
- 12
0
0
John Furz - - 15
0
0
Robert Costerdine
- 29
0
0
Ann Morgan - 24
0
0
Robert Hayward
- 19
0
0
Lucia Bourke - 15
0
0
Maria Marshall
- 12
0
0
Mary Penington - 12
0
0
Jane Butterfield
- 12
0
0
Elizabeth Dillon - 12
0
0
Sister Hodgson
- 16
0
0
Sarah Barry - 15
0
0
Susannah Boon
- 24
0
0
Sarah Nay lor - 10
0
0
Sister Miller
- 12
0
0
Mary Mitchell - 15
0
0
Booth Newton
- 12
0
0
Thomas Johnson - 7
7
0
WiUiam Denton
- 12
0
0
Christopher Hopper 30
0
0
Catherine Garnet
- 12
0
0
John Poole - 30
0
0
John Easton
- 33
0
0
James Christie - 12
0
0
Peter Mill -
- 12
0
0
William Boothby - 12
0
0
Sister Pearce
- 12
0
0
Thomas Brisco - 30
0
0
John Watson - 12
0
0
IRELAND.
Thomas Wride - 20
0
0
Samuel Bates
- 12
0
0
Thomas Olivers - 24
0
0
John Bredin
- 12
0
0
George Shadford - 23
0
0
Mary Blair
- 16
0
0
Ann Wright - 15
0
0
James Rennick
- 12
0
0
Christopher Watkius 23
0
0
Sister Miller
- 14
0
0
Susannah Watkinson 16
0
0
Matthias Joyce
- 12
0
0
George Wads worth 12
0
0
Thomas Kerr
- 12
0
0
Mary Empringham 12
0
0
John Malcomson
- 12
0
0
Sister Broadbent - 22
Sister Tennant - 23
0
0
0
0
In all
£866
7
0
Q. 19. What is contrib
uted for the Yearly Expenses ?
A. £1,431. 15^. 3d.
Q. 20. What has been
Fund?
ex
pended on account of
this
332
1795.
£. s. d.
A.Yox Defi
ciencies on
account of
sickness
Removal of families 176 2
Expenses in tra-
velling
Deficiencies in
the salaries of
the Preachers,
of Preachers'
wives, and of
the children J In all i63,575 5 # ^
Q. 21. What Circuits were deficient in providing for their
respective Preacliers and families ? and what sum was allowed to
each of those Circuits from the Contingent Fund ?
334 19 6
0
286 8 8
1^1048 6 10
£. s. d.
Servants ior^
Preachers with )
families, not > 146 11 6
provided fur i
by the Circuits -^
Rents - - 506 15 3^
Law at Great") „, i^ r\
Bardfield j 33 0 0
Ireland - .1032 9 4
Sundries in Eng- 1
land
10 12 6
A. London
Rye
Rochester
Canterbury
Colchester
Harwich -
Worcester
Salisbury -
Portsmouth
Bath
£. s.
6 6
10 0
32 1
3 3
28 11
65 3
6 0
26 15 10
76 10 6
6 6 0
Bradford, Wilts. - 28 11 0
Bristol - - 36 15 0
Norwich - - 44 5 6
Yarmouth - 25 7 0
Diss - - 25 12 6
Bury - - 11 12 2
Lvnn - - 20 0 0
Walsingham - 27 6 8
Bedford - -740
St. Ives, Hunts. -990
Northampton - 17 11 3
Banbury - - 24 0 0
Oxfordand Newbury 48 3 0
Gloucester - 12 0 0
Bolton - - 2 12 6
Wigan - - 2 13 6
Chester - - 20 13 10
Liverpool - - 25 4 0
Northwich - 40 12 7
Blackburn - 31 14 0
Colne
Lancaster
Leicester -
Hinckley
Castle-Donington
Newark -
Nottingham
Derby
Rotherham
Grimsby -
Horncastle
Gainsborough
Epworth -
Leeds
Wakefield
Keighley -
Otley
Shepton-Mallet
Taunton -
Collumpton
Launceston
St. Austle
Redruth -
Swansea -
Brecon
Birmingham
Dudley
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22 8 0
47 5 0
36 7 8
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26 7 5
59 7 6
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47 7 4
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Whitehaven
Isle of Man
York
Malton -
Pocklington
Hull
Bridlington
Scarborough
Barnard-Castle
Hexham -
Sunderland
Alnwick -
Q. 22. What directions shall be given concerning the attend-
ance of Preachers at the Conference.
A. 1. Only one Preacher shall attend the Conference from
Scotland; viz., one year, an Assistant from this side of the Forth,
and the next year, one from the other side.
2. Only one Preacher shall attend from Wales, except when
the Conference is at Bristol, at which all the Assistants may
attend.
3. Only two shall attend from Cornwall, except when the
Conference is at Bristol.
4. Only one shall attend from each District north of York,
except when the Conference is at Leeds or Manchester.
5. Only one shall attend from each District south and
south-east of London, except when the Conference is at
London.
6. Only one shall attend from the Lincolnshire District, when
the Conference is at Bristol.
7. With respect to the other Districts and Circuits, we con-
firm the rule recorded in the Minutes of the Conference of last
year, page 311th, question 23d; viz.. The District-Committees
respectively shall, from year to year, fix upon the Preachers who
are to attend the Conference ; and the expenses of their going
to and returning from the Conference shall be defrayed by their
respective Circuits.
8. In respect to those who are to be admitted from time to
time : Those who shall be west of Bristol, and in Wales, shall be
admitted only in the Bristol Conference; those who shall be
south and east of London, and in the neighbourhood, shall be
admitted there; and those in the north, at Manchester and
Leeds.
9. Nothing in the above resolutions shall be construed to
prevent those Preachers from attending the Conference, against
whom there lies any accusation or complaint.
10. In order that all the Preachers may be perfectly easy
respecting our form of goverument, it is agreed that no change
334 1793.
shall be made in this, unless first proposed and agreed to in full
Conference.
Q. 23. What direction shall be given concerning the supply,
ing of the Circuits with Preachers ?
A. No Circuit shall have more Preachers than it can support,
unless in case of some extraordinary burden in respect to wives
and children; the Circuits in Scotland and Wales, and such as
are poor in Ireland, being always excepted.
Q. 24. What direction shall be given concerning the building
of preaching-houses ?
A. No step shall be taken towards the building of preaching-
houses without the consent of the Conference first obtained,
except as further specified in these Minutes.
Q. 25. What directions shall be given concerning the books?
A. 1. Every Preacher who has the care of books shall remit
all the money he can to ]\Ir. Whitfield before or at Christmas.
2. All the interest which is due to the Preachers' Fund shall
be paid out of the Book-Room the next year.
to the members of the methodist societies.
Very dear Brethren,
You see here a very large deficiency, arising from the great
and (as things are) unavoidable demands upon the Yearly
Collection, which is raised amongst us for sending and supporting
the Gospel in Scotland, Wales, and those parts of Ireland where
the people are willing to hear, but, from their indigent circum-
stances, are unable to support those who minister to them the
word of life, all the burdens of which might be borne by the
means of that collection ; though they are very much increased
of late, by the necessity the Conference has been under of
calling out many more Preachers than they formerly were
accustomed to do. But you will easily see from the above state-
ment, that demands of a similar nature have been made by a
great number of Circuits in England, which have been
multiplying every year, both before and since the death of our
venerable Father. Insomuch as, notwithstanding he laid up
nothing of the profits arising from what he published, but, as it
increased, laid it out in that way he judged best for the carrying
on the work, and supporting those Preachers and their families
who M^ere not supported by the Circuits where they laboured ;
yet he was obliged, for many years before his death, to take a
very considerable part of what many of you so cheerfully con-
tributed, for the support of those Preachers who had continued
in your service as long as they were able, and the widows of
such as had died in the work.
It is true, many of you, who knew that the money you had
subscribed for the above ends was so applied, were grieved, and
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a few perhaps offended, as judging it unjust thus to lay it out.
But when we told him so, he was used to answer, " What can I
do? Must the work stand still? The men and their families
cannot starve ! I have no money. Here it is : we must use it.
It is for the Lord's work," &c., &c.
In such circumstances, we could not refuse helping him, and
in him the work of God, and also our distressed brethren, who
were engaged with us in that work; only keeping an account
from year to year of what was so advanced, which at his
death was a considerable sum, besides the simple interest due
upon it : which, as stewards for you, and also for those for whom
you gave it, we had no right to give up; especially as the
demands upon the Fund for superannuated or worn-out
Preachers, and the widows of Preachers, are increasing every
year, and are very likely to do so more abundantly.
Should any say, "Now, the case is altered. All the profits of
the books, which must amount to a very considerable sum
yearly, are to be applied in defraying those expenses. And
this is enough for all, and to spare ! " As there is nothing
more desired by us, than that all our deeds be brought to
the light, especially when any satisfaction may thereby be
afforded to the world, and more especially to our own Societies
or any individuals therein, whose minds may have been hurt by
misrepresentations of this kind, the present may be a favourable
opportunity for so doing. We will therefore make a few
observations upon the occasion, and state the case just as it is,
and leave all men to pass an impartial judgment on it.
1. It is true, that by Will and Deed Mr. Wesley did appoint
that, after the payment of his just debts, the profits arising from
the sale of the books, tracts, &c., which he left behind him,
should be expended in carrying on the work of God.
2. It is as true, that, at his death, he owed to the widow
and children of his brother, Charles Wesley, sixteen hundred
pounds.
3. It is equally true, that an agreement was made between
the Executor of Mr. Charles Wesley, and those who, by virtue of
the Deed, were obliged to become Executors of the books, &c.,
of Mr. John Wesley, that, to secure the widow and children of
the said Charles W^esley, and free them from all uneasiness, the
above sixteen hundred pounds should be paid into the hands of
Mr. John Collinson, as acting Executor for them ; which Avas
done some time about November, 1791, or as soon after as the
money could be raised.
4. It is no less true, that this swallowed up all that was the
stock of the Preachers' Fund at that time, and several hundreds
more. Now the whole of this was in the Book-Room. From
whence it was natural to suppose, (1.) That the simple interest (if
not the principal) of the sundry sums advanced from year to
336 1795.
year for ten years before the death of Mr. Wesley, as well as of
what was advanced in the instance just mentioned, should have
been all cleared up before a shilling of the profits arising from
the sale of the books was applied in any other way.
But, strange as it may appear to many, the case is, (2.) That,
instead of having been able to get one single shilling for interest
out of the Book-Room since the death of Mr, Wesley, we have
every year since that time sunk in debt in carrying on the work
between four and five hundred pounds, and in 1791 between
five and six hundred, over and above all we could draw out of
the Book-Room for that end.
This is our case as to the Book-Room and Preachers' Fund.*
Witness our hands,
ALEXANDER MATHER,
JOHN PAWSON,
Stewards of the Preachers' Fund.
Now, very dear brethren, you see, the Conference was not
precipitate in making the resolutions which precede this
Address; and that, in order to be just, we must (at least for the
present) sacredly adhere to them ; being well assured, God who
calls us to carry on His work requires of us to use every
prudential means, as well as to exercise faith in Him, who, we
have no doubt, will, in the use of proper means, bring us through
every difficulty. Nor can you be more alarmed at the above
than we were, when we came to view the vast deficiency which
must be made up out of the Book-Room this year, after sinking
all the surplus of the Contributions for the Preachers' Fund,
and endeavouring to put off every person we possibly could, to
a remoter pei'iod of the year, for just claims of sundry kinds
upon the Contingent Fund or Yearly Collection.
This being the case, all our brethren will see it necessary to
attend to what has been resolved upon in the Conference,
respecting the Preachers and Circuits, and in making their
remittances to Mr. Whitfield at the time he desires.
Q. 26. What directiJons shall be given concerning the keeping
of the Lord's day holy?
A. We are afraid that some of our people are not sufficiently
attentive to this ordinance of God. We therefore strongly
recommend the religious observance of that sacred day; and
desire our Assistants to exclude every person from the Society
who buys or sells on the Lord's day, unless the sin be acknow-
ledged and forsaken; except in the cases of medicine for the
sick, or of supplying necessaries for funerals.
Q. 27. What directions shall be given concerning those
* After having examined the Fund-Books, and carefully compared them.
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received upon trial, "who have been inserted in the Reserved List,
and have been called out in the course of the ensuing year?
A. If they shall have travelled nine months in the year
ensuing, they shall be entitled to the privileges of those who
have travelled the whole year ; but not otherwise.
Q. 28. Who are the Book-Committee?
A. The Preachers stationed in London. The Corresponding
Members are, Joseph Bradford, Alexander Mather, Thomas
Hanby, William Thompson, Thomas Taylor, John Allen, Joseph
Benson, Samuel Bradburn, Richard Rodda, Henry Moore,
Benjamin Rhodes, John Moon, Henry Taylor, John Gaulter,
Miles Martindale.
Q. 29. What directions shall be given concerning the adminis-
tration of the Lord^s Supper?
A. The Lord^s Supper shall be administered by the Assistant
only, or such of his Helpers, who are in full connexion, as he shall
appoint ; provided no Preacher be required to give it against his
approbation. And should it be granted to any place where the
Preachers on the Circuit are all unwilling to give it, the Assistant
shall in that case invite a neighbouring Preacher, who is properly
qualified, to administer it.
Q. 30. What directions shall be given concerning the appoint-
ment of Stewards?
A. As several inconveniences have arisen respecting the
change of Stewards ; to remedy this, let it be observed, that the
ofl&ce of a Steward ceases at the end of the year; and every
Assistant is required to change at least one Steward every year,
so that no Steward may be in office above two years together,
except in some extraordinary cases.
Q. 31. What directions shall be given concerning the use of
tobacco ?
A.'i. No Preacher shall use tobacco for smoking, for chewing,
or in snuff, unless it be prescribed by a physician.
2. Our people are requested not to introduce pipes and
tobacco into their houses for Preachers, except in extreme cases.
Q. 32. Who are the Chairmen of the Districts?
A. 1 London, John Pawson.
2 Norwich, Charles Kyte.
3 Northampton, Jonathan Cousins.
4 Bristol, Joseph Bradford.
5 Birmingham, William Thompson.
6 Salisbury, William Holmes.
7 Isles of Jersey, ^c, William Palmer.
8 Plymoutli, Jonathan Crowther.
9 Redruth, William Horner.
10 Pembroke, William Cox.
11 Chester, Richard Rodda.
12 Manchester, Alexander Mather.
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13 Halifax, John Pritchard.
14 Nottingham, Thomas Haiiby. ^
15 Leeds, "VYilUam Thorn.
16 Grimsby, Jasper Robinson.
17 Whitehaven, Creorge Holder.
18 York, James Wood.
19 Whitby, Thomas Dixon.
20 Newcastle, William Hunter.
21 Edinburgh, Matthew Lumb.
22 Aberdeen, Duncan M'Allum.
IRELAND.
23 Dublin, William M'Cornock.
24 Cork, Joseph Sutcliffe.
25 Limerick, John Grace.
26 Athlone, Samuel Mitchell.
27 Clones, Gustavus Armstrong.
28 Londonderry, Samuel Wood.
29 Coleraine, John Dinnen.
30 Charlemont, Andrew Hamilton, sen.
Q. 33. Who are the Committee for Kingswood School?
A. Joseph Bradford, Joseph Cole, Charles Atmore, Samuel
Bradburn, James Rogers.
Q. 34. Who is appointed to preside at the next Irish Con-
ference ?
A. Thomas Coke ; who is authorized to visit the Irish Circuits
the ensuing year.
Q. 35. What directions shall be given concerning the
collections ?
A. \. It is desired, that the money collected in each Circuit
for the Yearly Collection, for Kingswood School, and the
Preachers' Fund, be entered in the General Stewards' books in
their respective Circuits. 2. It is agreed, that the benefit of the
late Act of Parliament respecting charitable funds shall be taken
in behalf of the Preachers' Fund.
Q. 36. What directions shall be given concerning our public
fasts ?
A.\.K public fast shall be held on the first Friday after
Michaelmas, and every other regular quarter-day.
2. That we may be favoured with the direction and blessing
of God on our important work at the Conference, it is agreed,
that on the morning of the first day of the Conference the
President and Secretary shall be chosen, and the rest of the day
be dedicated to fasting and prater. And it is desired, that our
Societies and congregations may join us in the solemn duties of
the day.
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Q. 37. What time are the Delegates of the Districts to meet
in London, to draw up the rough Plan of the Stations of the
Preachers ?
A. On the Wednesday morning preceding the next Confer-
ence.
Q. 38. When and where shall the next Conference be held ?
A. In London, on the last Monday in July, 1796.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE METHODIST SOCIETY.
Dearly Beloved Brethren,
We beg leave to state to you what has been done in our
present Conference, in order to establish a general and lasting
peace and union throughout our Connexion.
When we assembled together, our hearts were most deeply
touched with the awful situation of our affairs. We trembled
at the thought of a division, and its dreadful consequences ; and
therefore determined to set apart the first day of the Conference,
as a day of solemn and real fasting and prayer. God was indeed
in the midst of us; and we all felt a confidence that a solid
foundation would be laid for lasting peace and unity.
When we met in Conference on the second day, we saw the
necessity of appointing a Committee to prepare a plan of general
pacification ; and, that the Committee might be the men of our
own choice, in the fullest sense of the words, we resolved that
they should be chosen by ballot. Every Preacher, therefore, in
full connexion, gave in nine papers, with a name upon each
(nine being the predetermined number of the Committee). The
ballots were received, and Messrs. Mather and Pawson were
desired to retire and count the votes. When they returned,
they gave in the following names, as the first upon the list ; viz., —
Joseph Bradford, who was President ; John Pawson, Alexander
Mather, Thomas Coke, William Thompson, Samuel Bradburn,
Joseph Benson, Henry Moore, and Adam Clarke. We were
astonished at the choice, and clearly saw it was of God. It
evidenced beyond a doubt the impartiality of the body of
Preachers; for there must have existed a majority, on one side
or the other, in respect to the disputed points ; and yet they
voted for a mixed Committee. The Committee accordingly met
six evenings successively; and sat each evening, after all the
fatigues of the Conference, for about three hours and a half.
Their plan was at last completed, and laid before the Conference ;
who, with the alteration of a single article, passed them unani-
mously. After this, two or three articles more were agreed
upon, under the title of Addenda, in order to give the completest
satisfaction, and to remove every obstacle to a lasting peace.
Z 3
310 1795.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT FOR GENERAL PACIFICATION.
I. CONCERNING THE LORD's SUPPER, BAPTISM, &C.
1. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall not be adminis-
tered in any chapel, except the majority of the Trustees of that
chapel on the one hand, and the majority of the Stewards and
Leaders belonging to that chapel (as the best qualified to give
the sense of the people) on the other hand, allow of it. Never-
theless, in all cases, the consent of the Conference shall bo
obtained before the Lord's Supper be administered.
2. Wherever there is a Society, but no chapel, if the majority
of the Stewards and Leaders of that Society testify that it is
the wish of the people that the Lord's Supper should be adminis-
tered to them, their desire shall be gratified ; provided that the
consent of the Conference be pi'cviously obtained.
3. Provided, nevertheless, that in Mount-Pleasant chapel in
Liverpool, and in all other chapels where the Lord's Supper has
been already peaceably administered, the administration of it
shall be continued in future.
4. The administration of Baptism, the Burial of the Dead,
and Service in Church-hours, shall be determined according to
the regulations above-mentioned.
5. Wherever the Lord's Supper shall be administered accord-
ing to the before-mentioned regulations, it shall always be
continued, except the Conference order the contrary.
6. The Lord's Supper shall be administered by those 07ihj who
are authorized by the Conference; and at such times, and in
such manner only, as the Conference shall appoint.
7. The administration of Baptism and the Lord^s Supper,
according to the above regulations, is intended only for the
members of our own Society.
8. We agree, that the Lord's Supper be administered among
us on Sunday evenings only; except where the majority of the
Stewards and Leaders desire it in Church-hours, or where it has
already been administered in those hours. Nevertheless, it shall
never be administered on those Sundays on which it is adminis-
tered in the parochial church.
9. The Lord's Supper shall be always administered in
England according to the form of the Established Church ; but
the person who administers shall have full liberty to give out
hymns, and to use exhortation and extemporary prayer.
10. Wherever Divine service is performed in England on the
Lord's day in Church-hours, the officiating Preacher shall read
either the Service of the Established Church, our venerable
father's Abridgment, or, at least, the Lessons appointed by the
Calendar. But we recommend either the full Service, or the
Abridj/meut.
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H. CONCERNING DISCIPLINE.
1. The appointment of Preachers shall remain solely with the
Conference; and no Trustee, or number of Trustees, shall expel or
exclude from their cliapel or chapels any Preachers so appointed.
2. Nevertheless, if the majority of the Trustees, or the
majority of the Stewards and Leaders of any Society, believe that
an^^ Preacher appointed for their Circuit is immoral, erroneous in
doctrines, deficient in abilities, or that he has broken any of the
rules above-mentioned, they shall have authority to summon the
Preachers of the District, and all the Trustees, Stewards, and
Leaders of the Circuit, to meet in their chapel on a day and hour
appointed (sufficient time being given). The Chairman of the
District shall be the President of the assembly; and every
Preacher, Trustee, Steward, and Leader shall have a single vote,
the Chairman possessing also the casting voice. And if the
majority of the meeting judge that the accused Preacher is
immoral, erroneous in doctrines, deficient in abilities, or has
broken any of the rules above-mentioned, he shall be considered
as removed from that Circuit ; and "^the District-Committee
shall, as soon as possible, appoint another Preacher for that
Circuit, instead of the Preacher so removed ; and shall deter-
mine among themselves how the removed Preacher shall be
disposed of till the Conference, and shall have authority to
suspend the said Preaclier from all public duties, till the Confer-
ence, if they judge proper. The District-Committee shall also
supply, as well as possible, the place of the removed Preacher,
till another Preacher be appointed. And the Preacher thus
appointed, and all other Preachers, shall be subject to the above
mode of trial. And if the District-Committee do not appoint a
Preacher for that Circuit, instead of the removed Preacher,
within a month after the aforesaid removal, or do not fill up the
place of the removed Preacher till another Preacher be
appointed, the majority of the said Trustees, Stewards, and
Leaders, being again regularly summoned, shall appoint a
Preacher for the said Circuit, provided he be a member of the
Methodist Connexion, till the ensuing Conference.
3. If any Preacher refuse to submit to the above mode of
trial, in any of the cases mentioned above, he shall be considered
as suspended till the Conference. And if any Trustees • expel
from any chapel a Preacher, by their own separate authority, the
Preachers appointed for that Circuit shall not preach in that
chapel till the ensuing Conference, or till a trial take place
according to the mode mentioned above.
4. If any Trustees expel or exclude a Preacher, by tlieir own
separate authority, from any chapel in any Circuit, the Ciiair-
man of the District shall summon the members of the District-
Committee, the Trustees of that Circuit who have not ofl'ended,
342 1795.
and the Stewards and Leaders of the Circuit. And the
members of such assembly shall examine into the evidence on
both sides ; and if the majority of them determine, that the state
of the Society in which the exclusion took place requires that a
new chapel should be built previous to the meeting of the
Conference, every proper step shall be immediately taken for
erecting such chapel. And no step shall on any account be
taken to erect a chapel for such purpose, before the meeting of
the Conference, till such meeting be summoned, aud such deter-
mination be made.
5. No Preacher shall be suspended or removed from his
Circuit by any District-Committee, except he have the privilege
of the trial before-mentioned.
6. The hundred Preachers mentioned in the enrolled Deed,
and their successors, are the only legal persons who constitute
the Conference : and we think the junior brethren have no
reason to object to this proposition, as they are regularly elected
according to seniority.
7. Inasmuch as, in drawing up the preceding regulations, we
iiave laboured to restore and preserve the peace and unitj' of the
Society, and, in order thereto, have endeavoured to keep the
Preachers out of all disputes on the subjects therein specified;
Be it understood, that any Preacher who shall disturb the peace
of the Society, by speaking for or against the introduction of
the Lord^s Supper in our Societies, or concerning the old or new
plan, so called, shall be subject to the trial and penalties before
mentioned.
8. And, in order that the utmost impartiality may be manifest
in these regulations, for the peace of the whole body, we also
resolve, that if any Local Preacher, Trustee, Steward, or Leader
shall disturb the peace of the Society, by speaking for or against
the introduction of the Lord's Supper, or concerning the old or
new plan, so called, the Assistant of the Circuit, or the majority
of the Trustees, Stew^ards, aud Leaders of the Society so dis-
turbed, shall have authority to summon a meeting of the
Travelling Preachers of the Circuit, and the Trustees, Stewards,
and Leaders of that Society. Evidence shall be examined on
both sides ; and, if the charge be proved, the Assistant Preacher
shall expel from the Society the person so ofiending.
ADDENDA.
1. The Conference by no means wishes to divide any Society
by the introduction of the Lord's Supper; and therefore expect
that the majority of the Stewards and Leaders, who desire the
Lord's Supper among themselves, testify in writing to the Con-
ference, that they are persuaded no separation will be made
thereby.
3. The Sacrament shall not be administered to a Societv iu
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any private house, within two miles of any Methodist chapel in
which it is regularly administered.
3. We all agree, that the pulpit shall not be a vehicle of abuse.
4. It has been our general custom, never to appoint or remove
a Leader or Steward without first consulting the Leaders and
Stewards of the Society; and we are resolved to walk by the
same rule.
5. To prevent as much as possible the progress of strife and
debate, and consequent divisions in our Connexion, no pamphlet
or printed letter shall be circvilated among us without the
author's name, and the postage or carriage paid.
6. Nothing contained in these rules shall be construed to
violate the rights of the Trustees, as expressed in their
respective deeds.
Thus, beloved brethren, have we done our utmost to satisfy
every party, and to unite the whole. You, by your Trustees ou
the one lijind, and your proper representatives, the Leaders and
Stewards, on the other, are to determine concerning the intro-
duction of the Sacraments, or the service in Church-hours,
among yourselves. We have gone abundantly farther. We
have in some degree deposited our characters and usefulness in
your hands, or the hands of your representatives, by making
them judges of our morals, doctrines, and gifts. We apprehend
that we could have made no further sacrifice, without sapping
the foundations of Methodism, and particularly destroying the
Itinerant plan. O brethren, be as zealous for peace and unity in
your respective Societies, as your Preachers have been in this
blessed Conference. Let the majorities and minorities on both
sides exercise the utmost forbearance towards each other; let
them mutually concede one to the other as far as possible ; and,
by thus bearing each other's burdens, fulfil the law of Christ.
Let all resentment be buried in eternal oblivion ; and let
contention and strife be for ever banished from the borders
of our Israel.
Surely, our present complete and happy union, so contrary to
the fears of many, is a signal of good times. God will, we
believe, pour out His Spirit upon us more largely than ever; and
by the exercise of His most gracious prerogative, bring abundance
of good out of all our past evils.
To His grace and holy keeping we commend you. May
nothing ever separate you and us from the love of God, or from
each other ; but may you be our crown of rejoicing in the great
day of the Lord !
Signed, in behalf of the Conference,
JOSEPH BRADFORD, President,
THOMAS COKE, Secretary.
Manchester, August 6, 1795.
3-14 1795.
Addresses from the Delegated Trustees, assembled at Manchester,
to the Conference.
RESOLVED^ That the thanks of this meeting be unanimoushj
given to the President, and the members of the Conference, for
their kind attention to the business of the Delegation of the
Trustees that has been laid before them.
Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the
Conference, signed by the President and Secretary.
MATTHEW MAYER,
Committee-Room of Delegates, WILLIAM PINE.
August 4, 1795.
To the Methodist Preachers assembled in Conference.
Dear and honoured Fathers and Brethren,
We beg you to accept our sincere thanks, for your kind
attention in sending us propositions for general pacification and
discipline.
We are sensible of the liberality and candour which are
manifest in them. It is evident from their tenor, that you have
attempted to meet the views of each party. We hope and trust
that, by the blessing of God, it may be a means of uniting the
whole body of Methodists throughout the three kingdoms.
With all deference to the Conference, we submit the following
propositions to their further attention : —
That some provision be made for the brethren who differ
from the judgment of Trustees, or the major part of a Society,
on the subjects in question; as we suppose such cases are
numerous and important. AVe particularly refer to Leeds Circuit.
That the case of those chapels where there are no Leaders
be more fuUy explained :
Also those where the Sacrament is administered every Sun-
day in the pai'ochial church.
Although we think it our duty thus candidly to state the
views which have occurred to us in carefully perusing the
propositions, yet we think it necessary to say, we shall cheer-
fully acquiesce in the final determination of the Conference.
Signed, in behalf of the Meeting,
Manchester, August 3, 1795. MICHAEL LONGRIDGE.
THE address of THE IRISH CONFERENCE TO THE PRESIDENT
and preachers of the manchester conference.
Fathers and Brethren,
Your kind reception of our last Address is a sufficient proof
of your disinterested love towards us ; and, while it raises joy in
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our souls, begets that affection and gratitude to j'ou which wo
cannot describe.
We may safely say, that nothing except the Divine approba-
tion could afford us a happiness equal to that which arises from
the assurance of your Christian esteem and brotherly love ; and
we trust that it shall be our constant care to maintain that
heavenly union, which, through the mercy of our Divine Master,
so eminently subsists among us at present. Sensible how much
we are indebted, under God, to you, we feel it our hearts^ desire
to receive your every advice in the spirit which becomes junior
brethren.
Your important observation, that nothing can materially injure
the great work which God is so remarkably carrying on through
our instrumentality but " strife and division,^' we most sensibly
feel, and highly approve ; and, as we know your ardent wish for
Jerusalem's welfare, we are happy to inform you, that, through
the goodness of God, peace and unanimity prevail among us.
Your earnest exhortations to be much in prayer, and to
establish prayer-meetings, we believe to be dictated by hearts
big with desire for the prosperity of Zion ; and we look to God
to enable us to follow these counsels, so agreeable to the Divine
will, and so conducive to the eternal happiness of mankind.
We cannot help repeating our approbation of our dear brother
Bradford. We are more and more convinced that he is a man
of God, and, like Moses, faithful in all His house : we sincerely
regret his departure; and if our dear fathers and brethren
should appoint him to labour in our laud again, we should
consider it as a blessing from heaven, and receive him with open
arms. But, while we particularize our dear friend Bradford, we
would not be thought to reflect upon our beloved English
brethren about to leave the kingdom, whom we believe to be
true servants of God : we rejoiced in their labours, and have
only to regret their removal.
Neither can we help thanking God and you for the visitation
of Dr. Coke. The Lord was undoubtedly with him in his tour
through the kingdom ; and in our Conference he has presided
with wisdom, meekness, impartiality, and love. We shall be
happy to receive him as our President, whenever you shall be
pleased to appoint him; and we unanimously request to be
favoured with his presidency the ensuing year.
We rejoice, and we bless God, that we have it in our power
to inform you, that He hath owned our labours the year that is
past, and that He is building up Jerusalem in troublesome times.
Great have been the disturbances in our nation, among those who
are without ; yet, through all, the Great Head of the church has
wonderfully preserved and prospered us. To Him be the glory !
We humbly and earnestly entreat a continuation of your
Christian attention ; and that you will not fail to remember us
316 1796.
at the throne of grace. And be assured, respected fathers and
brethren, that it shall, throujih grace, be our constant care to
unite our petitions to yours for the general good, and our
ambition to follow your pious example.
We remain, with all possible love and esteem, your brethren
in Christ Jesus.
Signed, in behalf of the Conference,
Dublin, July 11, 1795. JOHN CROOK, Secretary.
LONDON, Monday, July 25, 1796.
Q. 1. What Preachers are admitted into full connexion
this year?
A. Richard Gower, Joseph Bowes, Joseph Robbins, John
Stephens, Robert Smith, John AVard, Richard Ilardacrc, James
BridguelJ, William Feuwick, Isaac MuflF, John Brice, George
Morley, George Smith, Thomas Fearnley, Henry Anderson,
Ireland. — Matthew Tobias, James Stuart, Robert Banks,
James Jordan, James Smith, John M'Arthur.
Q. 2. Who REMAIN ON TRIAL?
A. Jonathan Barker, George Marsden, James Scholefield,
Edmund Shaw, Francis AVest, James Penman, George Douglas,
John Clarke, Robert Green, Anthony Seckerson, William
Harrison, George Dermott, John Phillips, Charles Gloyne,
Thomas Ingham, John Foster, Joseph Kyte :
The above have travelled three years.
Edward Towler, WilHam Hicks, Caleb Simmons, James
Crabb, Mark Daniel, Thomas Stanton, William Pearson, John
Brownell, John Ashall, Thomas Parsons, William Howarth,
W illiam Moulton, Andrew Mayor, William Timperley, Joseph
Drake, Arthur Hutchinson, Richard Thompson, Richard
W^addy, John Furnace, Edward Millward, John Jones, Samuel
Harris, John Hudson, Charles Greenly :
The above have travelled two years.
John Jennings, Thomas Rought, Josiah Hill, Joseph
Brookhouse, James Gill, Joseph Cook, John Lcppington, John
Wood, Thomas Ed man, Thomas Blanshard, Thomas Stanley,
Joseph Collier, John Dutton, Richard Emmett :
The above have travelled one year.
Ireland. — James M'Kee, Robert Crozier, George Stephenson :
The above have travelled three years.
Francis Russell, Archibald Montgomery, John Stuart,
William Patten, Joseph Anderson, John Hamilton, Daniel
M'Mullen, Matthew Lanktree :
The above have travelled two years.
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Jolm Clegg, James M'Kowii/ Lawrence Kaue, juu.,
Alexander Sturgeon, Daniel PedloAv :
The above have travelled one year.
Q. 3. Who are admitted on trial?
A. Hans Shrowder, Cuthbert Whiteside, James Townley,
George Matthewson, liumphrey Parsons, Martin Vaughan,
Peter Ilaslam, James Burley, Thomas Shaw, John
Aikenhead, John Burdsall, John Hughes.
Ireland. — Thomas Edwards, John Clendinnen, Zechariah
Worrell, Charles Majne, William Douglas, John Hagan,
William Sturgeon, Andrew Taylor, William Little^ Thomas
Booth.
Q. 4. Who have di ed this year ?
A. 1. John Miller, a German, He was a Travelling Preacher
for sixteen years ; and though the disadvantages of his pronun-
ciation were always objections to him on his first visit to a
Circuit, yet he soon gained the affection and esteem of the
people. Love and zeal were the two distinguishing traits in his
character. After a very useful life, he died happy, rejoicing in
Christ Jesus,
2. John Brettell. He was brought to the knowledge of
God when he was very young; and laboured in the Lord^s
vineyard more than three-and-twenty years, with a steady,
upright character. In his last illness he was remarkably happy
in God ; and one of his dying testimonies was, " I bless God, I
was never more resigned to the Divine will ; have no pain, nor
have had any doubt of my acceptance with God since my
affliction began."
3, William Denton; a truly serious, watchful, and
exemplary Christian; of great humility, meekness, and
patience; and an acceptable and edifying Preacher. After
having travelled four years on trial, and being much approved
of in the Circuits in which he had laboured, he was admitted
into full connexion at the last Conference ; but he was immedi-
ately obliged to desist from travelling, through a painful and
distressing disorder, which arose from a hurt received in the
work. This affliction, which continued and increased upon him
for many months, he supported with great resignation to the
Divine will; and, although frequently exercised with sore
temptation and much heaviness, he went off the stage of life in
great peace and triumph.
Q. 5. Are there any objections to any of our Preachers?
A. They were examined one by one.
Q. 6. Who have desisted from travelling?
A: Richard Seed ; — James Lyons, William Franklin,
Alexander Kilham.
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Q. 7. How are the Preachers stationed this year?
A. As follows : —
Dr. Coke superintends the West India Missionaries.
I London,
2 Rye,
3 Rochester,
4 Canterbury,
5 Colchester,
6 Harwich,
7 Norwich,
8 Yarmouth,
John Pawson, Francis Wrigley, William
West, Adam Clarke, Richard Recce,
George Marsden, Peard Dickinson, James
Creigbton ; George Story, Editor, &c. ;
George Whitfield, Book-Steward.
Thomas Tattershall, Robert Swan, Joseph
Kyte, Martin Yaugban.
John Woodrow, Peter Haslam.
George Deverell, William Howarth, James
Towuley.
John Reynolds, John Stephens.
John Hickling, John Cricket.
Charles Kyte, Duncan Kay.
James Anderson, Richard Hardacre, John
Leppington.
William Collins, Thomas Rogerson.
Thomas Broadbent, Francis West.
Benjamin Leggatt, Edmund Shaw.
9 Diss,
10 Bury,
11 Lynn,
12 Walsingham, John Saunderson, Josiah Hill.
13 Bedford, James Watson, John Furnace.
14 Hiyhani-Ferrers, Thomas Gill, Edward Towlcr.
15 St. Ives, (Hunts.,) Edward Gibbons, Stephen Wilson, James
Scholefield, John Wittam.
16 Northampton, Jonathan Cousins, Charles Tunnycliffe.
17 Banbury, Joseph Harper, Cuthbert Whiteside.
18 Oxford, William Shelmerdine, John Dean; John
Murlin, Supernumerary.
19 Newbury, William Holmes, Thomas Dunn.
20 Gloucester, WiUiam Jenkins, Joseph Burgess,Sarauel Harris.
21 Worcester, Walter Griffith, Jonathan Crowther, James
Bridgnell.
22 Salisbury, John M'Kersey, Robert Smith, jun.
23 Blandford, Theophilus Lessey, Thomas Stanton, John
Jones, Isaac Lilly.
24 Portsmouth, Joseph Algar, Thomas Rought, Joseph
Brookhouse, Charles Greenly.
25 Isle of Jersey, Thomas Simmonite, William Dieuaide,
Henry Mahy.
26 Isle of Guernsey, William Palmer, Francis Balliau.
27 Isles of Alderney and Sark, John de Queteville.
28 Bath, Samuel Bradburn, Richard Gower.
29 Bradford, Wilts., James Rogers, William Moulton.
30 Bristol, Joseph Bradford, John Pritchard, Charles
Atmore, Thomas Roberts, Owen Davics,
Andrew Mavor.
1796.
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36 St. Aiistle,
37 Redruth,
38 Penzance,
31 Shcpton-Malkt, William Ashman, Thomas Kelk.
32 Taunton, James M. Byron, James Jay, Joseph Robbins,
Humphrey Parsons.
33 CoUumpton, Mark Daniel, James Lawton.
34 Plyynouth-Dock, William Ilorncr, William Aver.
35 Lannceston, John Smith, Thomas Yates, James Evans.
John Boyle, Edward Millward, Robert Green,
Thomas Stanley.
Francis Truscott, John Clarke, Richard
Treffry, Thomas Trethewey.
Lawrence Kane, Joseph Cook, John Sandoc,
John Grant, Joseph Bowes.
39 Haverford-West, Cleland Kirkpatrick, William Pearson,
James Gill.
40 Swansea, Samuel Taylor, Hans Shrewder.
41 Cardiff, Caleb Simmons, John Hughes.
43 Brecon, James Buckley, John Wood, John Jennings.
43 Birmingham, William Thompson, Richard Elliott, John S.
Pipe, Jonathan Barker.
Joseph Taylor, John Simpson, William
Hicks.
George Baldwin, Thomas Blanshard.
John Mason, Richard Rodda, Thomas Hutton.
William Simpson, James Ridall.
48 Macclesfield, George Snowden, Miles Martindale, Thomas
Greaves.
Jeremiah Brettell, James McDonald.
Alexander Mather, Thomas Rutherford.
Thomas Taylor, Joseph Collier. *
John Gaulter, Robert Miller.
Benjamin Rhodes, David Barrowclough.
Thomas Wood, George Sykes.
John Goodwin, Robert Crowther, Richard
Emmett.
Henry Moore, John Allen, George Morley.
John Booth, Thomas Fearnley.
Timothy Crowther, John Denton.
Jonathan Edmondson, John Atkins, Charles
Gloyne.
Robert Harrison, Thomas Shaw.
Simon Day, Samuel Bardsley.
John Beaumont, James Penman.
63 Castle-Donington, George Sargent, William Timperley.
64 Newark, Jonathan Parkin, Charles Bland.
65 Nottingham, Thomas Hanby, Thomas Bartholomew,
George Lowe.
66 Derby, Thomas Longley, William Hainsworth.
0)7 Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Thomas Cooper, John Burdsall.
44 Dudley,
45 Shrewsbury,
46 Burslem,
47 Leek,
49 Stockport,
50 Manchester,
51 Oldham,
52 RocJidale,
53 Bolton,
54 IVigan,
55 Chester,
56 Liverpool,
57 Northwich,
58 Blackburn,
59 Colne,
60 Lancaster,
61 Leicester,
62 Hinckley,
350 1796.
68 Sheffield, Henry Taylor, William Bramwcll, jSIichacl
Emmett.
69 Rotherham, George Button, John Crosby.
70 Grimsby, Thomas Vasey, John Nelson, Thomas Edman.
71 Horncastle, William Saunderson, George Dermott, James
Burley; Robert Carr Brackenbury, Super-
numerary.
72 Boston, John Wilshaw, John Aikenhead.
73 Gainsboroiigh, Robert Smith, sen., William Hunter, jun.
74 Barrow, John King, William Harrison.
75 Epivorth, Jasper Robinson, George Mowat, James Hall.
7Q Leeds, Joseph Benson, William Myles, Robert
Hopkins.
77 Wakefield, Joseph Entwisle, Robert Loraas.
78 Pontcfract, John Furness, William Heath.
79 Huddersfield, John Barber, John Kershaw, Joseph Drake.
80 Birstal, George Highfield, John Brice.
81 Dewsbury, Isaac Brown, Booth Newton.
82 Bradford, Robert Roberts, John Ashall.
83 Halifax, William Thom, Joseph Sutclific.
84 Keighley, Edward Jackson, John Leech.
85 Otley, George Gibbon, John Ogilvie.
86 Whitehaven, George Holder, John Braithwaite.
87 Isle of Man, John Barritt, Arthur Hutchinson, Alexander
Cummins.
88 York, William Blagborne, Zachariah Yewdall, John
Stamp.
89 Malton, Joseph Pescod, Thomas Harrison, Thomas
Parsons.
90 Pocklinyton, Lancelot Harrison, Thomas Carlill.
91 Hull, James Wood, William Percival, Joseph Cole.
92 Bridlington, William. Stevens, William Saunders.
93 Scarborough, Jonathan Brown, John Foster, John Button .
94 Whitby, Thomas Dixon, John Hudson.
95 Ripon, Samuel Gates, Isaac JNIuff.
96 Middleham, Philip Hardcastle, Anthony Seckerson.
97 Stockton, Daniel Jackson, John Riles.
98 Barnard-Castle, Matthew Lumb, John Philhps.
99 Hexham, William Cox, Abraham Moseley.
100 Sunderland, William Hunter, sen., John Moon, Samuel
Botts.
101 Neivcastle, Robert Johnson, Richard Condy.
102 Alnwick, Alexander Suter, Henry Anderson.
SCOTLAND.
103 Edinburgh, James Bogie, Joseph Cross, Thomas Ingham ;
Joseph Saunderson, Supernumerary.
104 Glasgoiv, Thomas V/arwick, John Townsend.
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105 Dumfnes,
106 Berivick,
107 Dundee,
108 Brechin,
109 Aberdeen,
110 Inverness,
111 Dubli?i,
Robert Dall.
John Doncaster.
James Thorn, John Ward.
Stephen Eversfield, George Douglas.
Wilham Stephenson, Richard Waddy.
Duncan M'AUum, William Fenvvick, Richard
Thompson.
IRELAND.
Hurley ; Matthias
William Smith, John
Joyce, Book-Steward.
Alexander Moore, Andrew Taylor.
Robert Banks, Thomas Edwards.
Wilham M^Cornock, John Stuart.
William Hamilton, William Sturgeon.
John Dinnen, John Darragh.
Samuel Mitchell, Joseph Anderson.
Michael Murphy, James M'Q-uigg, George
Stephenson.
John M'Farland, Thomas Patterson.
Samuel Steele, John Price, Zeghariah
Worrell; John Bredin, Supernumerary.
Connemara, John Hamilton. — N.B. This Circuit is to be
under the inspection of brother Steele.
George Brown, James M'Kown.
Francis Russell, John Gillis.
Charles Graham, John Clegg; Adam Averell,
Supernumerary.
John Stephenson, James Bell, James Jordan.
112 Wicklow,
113 Carlow,
114 Waterford,
115 Youghall,
116 Cork,
117 Bandon,
118 Mallow,
119 Limerick,
120 Birr,
121
122 Castlebar,
123 Athlone,
124 Mountrath
125 Longford,
126 Sligo,
Thoi
Ridf
;eway,
William Wilson, Matthew
Archibald Montgomery,
Lanktree.
127 Ballyconnell, Thomas Hewett,
Thomas Booth.
128 Cavan, Andrew Hamilton, jun., James Irwin, James
Smith.
129 Clones, Robert Smith, James Stuart, Alexander
Sturgeon.
130 Brookborough, Francis Armstrong, Thomas Barber.
131 Enniskillen, WiUiara Ferguson, William Douglas.
132 Ballinamallard, Matthew Tobias, Blakely Dowling.
133 Bally shannon, Robert Crozier, John Cleudinnen.
134 Newtown-Steivart, Joseph Armstrong, Wilham Little, John
Hagan; Thomas Kerr, Supernumerary.
135 Londonderry, Samuel Wood, Lawrence Kane.
136 Coleraine, Matthew Stewart, David Gordon, Daniel
M'Mullen.
137 Dungannon, John Kerr, Samuel Alcorn.
138 Armagh, Andrew Hamilton, sen., James M'Kee.
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1796.
Brown, Jolin
Halifax,
Liverpool,
Shelburne,
Neivport,
Horton,
Annapolis,
St. John,
Fredericton,
St. Stej)hen's,
Cumberland,
Newfoundland,
William
Black,
General
Assistant.
139 Tanderagee, John Malcomson, Thomas
M'Artliur.
140 Belfast, James M'Mullen, William Armstrong.
141 Lisburn, Gustavus Armstrong, Joseph Hennin.
142 Downpairick, James Rennick, Daniel Pedlow ; John Grace,
Supernumerary.
143 Newry, John Crook, Charles Mayne.
Missionaries for Africa, Archibald Murdoch, William Patten.*
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN AMERICA.
NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, AND NEWFOUNDLAND.
James Mann.
Isaac Lunsford.
Daniel Fidler.
John Mann.
Theodore Harding.
James Boyd.
William Jessop.
William Grandine.
Duncan M'Coll.
Benjamin Wilson.
Wm. Thoresby, George Smith.
WEST INDIES.
Antigua, John Baxter, William Warrener.
St. Christopher's,') Thomns Owens, Thomas Dumbleton, John
Nevis, J Brownell.
Dominica, John Kingston.
St. Vincent's, Richard Pattison.
Barbadoes, James Alexander.
Grenada, Francis Hallett.
Jamaica, John M'Veau, William Stainforth.
Tortola, Edward Turner, Thomas Isham.
Honduras Bay, William Fish.
N.B. John Harper and Richard Andrews are gone to the
States of America.
Q. 8. How many wives are to be provided for?
A. One hundred and forty-three.
Q. 9. How many of these are to be provided for by the
Circuits ?
* Dr. Coke laid before the Conference an account of the failure of the colony
intended to be established in the Foulah Country in Africa; and, after prayer and
mature consideration, the Conferetice unanimously judged, that a trial should be
made, in that part of Africa, on the proper Missionary plan. The two brethren
above-mentioned having voluntarily offered themselves for this important work, the
Conference solemnly appointed them for it, and earnestly recommend them and their
^reat undertaking to the public and private prayers of all the members of the
Methodist Society.
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j4. Seventy-three.
London, S. Clarke, West, i Colne, S. Atkins.
Reynolds, Woodrow.
Rye, £6.
Rochester, | s. Tattershall.
Canterbury, J
Harwich, £3.
Norwich, ) a k j
TT i.1, r i^- Anderson.
larmouth, j
Diss, S. Rogerson.
Lynn, S. Leggatt.
Bedford, £3.
Worcester, £6.
Portsmouth, S. Algar.
The Isles, £6.
Bath, S. Bradburn.
Bristol, S, Pritchard, Atmore,
Davies.
Shepton-Mallet, S. Ashman.
Taunton, 1 s T5
Collumpton, j • ^ •
Plymouth-Dock, S. Sutcliffe,
and £6.
St. Austle, S. Boyle.
Redruth, S. Truscott, Smith,
and £6.
Penzance, S. Kane.
Birmingham, S. Thompson,
Elliott.
Burslem, S. Hutton.
Leek, S. Simpson.
Macclesfield, S. Snowden,
Martindale.
Stockport, S. Brettell.
Manchester, S. Rutherford,
Barrowclough, Miller.
Oldham, S. T. Taylor.
Rochdale, S. Gaulter.
Bolton, S. Rhodes.
Chester, S. Goodwin.
Liverpool, S. Moore, M 'Donald.
Northwich, S. Booth,
Castle- Donington, £6.
Nottingham, S. Hanby.
Derby, S. Longley.
Ashby, S. Cooper.
Sheffield, S. H. Taylor, Bram-
well, M. Emmett.
Grimsby, S. Nelson.
Horncastle, S. Bland.
Gainsborough, S. Smith.
Epworth, S. Mowat.
Leeds, S. Benson, Myles,
Hopkins.
Wakefield, S. Entwisle.
Pontefract, S. Moon.
Huddersfield, S. Barber.
Birstal, S. Highfield.
Bradford, S. R. Roberts.
Halifax, S. W. Thom.
Keighley, S. Leech.
Isle of Man, S. Barritt.
York, S. Ogilvie, Drake.
Malton, S. Pescod.
Pocklington, S. L. Harrison.
Hull, S. Wood.
Scarborough, S. Jon. Brown.
Whitby, S. Hudson.
Ripon, £6.
Stockton, S. D. Jackson.
Hexham, £6.
Sunderland, S. Suter, Hains-
worth.
Newcastle, S. Johnson, Condy.
Edinburgh, S. Bogie.
Glasgow, £6.
Ireland, S. Smith, Stewart,
Joyce, M'Cornock, Dinnen,
Mitchell, M'Quigg, Patter-
son, Price, Brown, Hurley,
Graham, Stephenson, £6 ;
Bell, Wilson, Irwin, Barber.
Blackburn, S. T. Crowther.
Q. 10. How are the remaining seventy wives to be provided
for? viz., — S. Shelmerdine, Tunnycliffe, Kyte, Hickling, Kelk,
Horner, Allen, Burgess, Beaumont, Parkin, Button, Crosby,
Botts, Riles, Lessey, S. Taylor, Percival, Broadbent, Collins,
Brown, Dean, Lumb, Muff", Dixon, King, Seckerson, Hall,
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Baldwin, "Warwick, "Ward, Stephenson, Cross, M'Allum,
Stepliens, Saunderson, Townsend, Dall, Jos. Taylor, Holder,
John Simpson, Harper, J. Denton, T. Wood, Gibbon, Hunter,
sen., Cousins, Deverell, Trethewey, Griffith, Stevens, Dunn,
M'Kersey, James Thorn, Gill, Jon. Crowther. — Ireland.
Ferguson, Dowling, Armstrong, T. Kerr, Wood, Gordon,
Hamilton, Brown, M'Mullen, Hennin, Crook, Grace, J. Kerr,
and R. Smith.
A. Partly by the subscriptions raised in the Circuits, and
partly by the Contingent Fund, with £10. 10*. Qd. of the Irish
subscription.
N.B. The money for the wives above-mentioned, resident in
England and Scotland, will be deposited in the hands of Mr.
Whitfield ; and that for the wives in Ireland, in the hands of
Mr. Joyce.
Q. 11. What numbers are in the Society?
A. As follows : —
London
_
3114
Collumpton
486
Eye -
-
460
Plymouth-Dock
588
Eochester
_
400
Launceston
395
Canterbury
.
270
St. Austle
770
Colchester
.
173
Redruth
2328
Harwich
_
237
Penzance and the")
Isles of Scilly J
1605
Norwich
_
310
Yarmouth
_
510
Haverford-West
178
Diss
_
386
Swansea
390
Bury -
-
180
Brecon
254
Lynn -
.
212
Birmingham -
1300
Walsingham -
-
194
Dudley
600
Bedford
-
270
Shrewsbury
470
Higham-Ferrers
_
190
Burslem
1375
St. Ives, Hunts.
.
220
Leek - - -
490
Northampton -
-
269
Macclesfield
1375
Banbury
-
296
Stockport
1420
Oxford
.
281
Manchester
2322
Newbury
.
550
Oldham
800
Gloucester
_
440
Rochdale
780
Worcester
_
660
Bolton
1150
Salisbury
-
258
Wigan
606
Blandford
_
337
Chester
800
Portsmouth
_
540
Liverpool
1000
Isle of Guernsey, &c.
_
620
Northwich
678
Isle of Alderney
.
53
Blackburn
870
Bath -
_
540
Colne - . -
1076
Bradford, Wilts.
_
430
Lancaster
230
Bristol
_
1500
Leicester
463
Shepton-Mallet
.
770
Hinckley
280
Taunton
-
520
Castle-Donington
620
1796.
355
Newark
Nottingham
Derby -
Ashby -
Sheffield
Rotherham
Grimsby
Horncastle
Boston
Gainsborough -
Epworth
Leeds -
Wakefield
Huddersfield -
Birstal
Dewsbnry
Bradford
Halifax
Keighley
Otley -
Whitehaven
Isle of Man -
York -
Malton
Pocklington
Hull -
Bridlington
Scarborough -
Whitby
Bipon -
Middleham
Stockton
Barnard- Castle
Hexham
Sunderland
Newcastle
Alnwick «■
Berwick
SCOTLAND.
Edinburgh
Glasgow and Ayr
Dumfries
Dundee
Brechin
Aberdeen
450
1078
720
757
3000
800
1000
540
170
1100
965
2640
1500
1600
1220
752
1460
1600
1420
1030
401
2433
1214
760
800
1290
500
530
526
560
580
670
452
660
980
860
280
48
Banff and Inverness
70
79,142
IRELAND.
Dublin
- 960
Wicklow
- 182
Carlow
- 472
Waterford
- 172
Cork -
- 340
Bandon
- 203
Mallow
- 310
Limerick
- 310
Birr -
- 562
Castlebar
- 189
Athlone
- 480
Mountrath
- 590
Longford
- 530
Sligo -
- 472
Ballyconnell -
Cavan -
- 733
- 666
Clones
- 761
Brookborough -
Enniskillen
- 600
- 420
Ballinamallard -
- 685
Ballyshannon -
Newtown-Stewart
- 426
- 680
Charlemont
- 1380
Londonderry -
Coleraine
- 304
- 582
Belfast
- 670
Lisburn
- 832
Downpatrick -
Tanderagee
- 458
- 3340
Newry -
- 455
16,764
AMERICA.
THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Nova Scotia and New Bruns-
wick.
Hahfax - - 133
Liverpool - - 70
Shelburne - - 180
2 A 2
L\
356
1796.
Horton
94
Newport
Cumberland
78
150
Annapolis
St. John
105
118
Fredericton
100
St. Stephen's -
St. John^s Island
52
20
Newfoundland
250
West Indies.
Antigua, Whites
33
17
3151
481
13
1410
320
34
10
Grenada, Coloured peo-
ple and Blacks - 100
Montserrat - - 12
Jamaica, Kingston, Whites 24
Coloured people 46
Blacks - 170
Montego Bay - - 16
InaU
9,653
UNITED STATES
Whites
Blacks
- 48,121
12,170
AFRICA.
Sierra Leone -
- 223
Total in Europe
Total in America
Total in Africa
95,906
69,944
- 223
Coloured people 151
Blacks - 2315
Tortola and Spanish
Town, Whites
Blacks
St. Vincent's *-
St. Christopher's, Whites ■■■
Coloured people )
and Blacks j
Nevis, Coloured peo- |
pie and Blacks j
Barbadoes, Whites - 34 In all 166,073
Coloured people )
and Blacks j
Q. 12. Who are the Chairmen of the Districts ?
A. 1 London, John Pawson.
2 Norwich, Charles Kyte.
3 Northampton, Jonathan Cousins.
4 Bristol, Joseph Bradford.
5 Salisbury, John M'Kersey.
6 The Isles, William Palmer.
7 Plymouth, WiUiam Horner.
8 Redruth, Lawrence Kane.
9 Pembroke, Samuel Taylor.
10 Birmingham, William Thompson.
11 Chester, John Mason.
12 Manchester, Alexander Mather.
13 Halifax, Robert Roberts.
14 Nottingham, Thomas Hanby.
15 Leeds, Joseph Benson.
16 Grimsby, John King.
17 Whitehaven, George Holder.
* We had near one thousand members in Society in St. Vincent's before the war ;
but, owing to the late insurrection of the Caribbs, we cannot be exact in respect to
this island at present.
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18 York, James Wood.
19 Whitby, Daniel Jackson.
20 Newcastle, John Moon.
21 Edinburyji, Thomas Warwick.
22 Aberdeen, Duncan M'Allum.
IRELAND.
23 Dublin, William Smith.
24 Cork, William Hamilton.
25 Limerick, Samuel Steele.
26 Athlone, Thomas Ridgeway.
27 Clones, Andrew Hamilton.
28 Londonderry, Joseph Armstrong.
29 Belfast, Matthew Stewart.
30 Newry, John Malcomson.
Q. 13. What is the Kingswood Collection?
A. 1. In Great Britain, £1,317. 1^. M.
2. In Ireland, £117. 13s. Of/.
Q. 14. What children are admitted this year?
A, William Andrew Blair, John Dermott, John Nelson,
George Bramwell, (who should have gone last year,) Joseph
Algar, Robert Wood, William Jackson, William Percival,
William Mowat, John M'Allum.
N.B. If a Preacher cannot give a satisfactory reason why his
son should not go to the school, he shall not be allowed the £12
a year out of the Collection.
Q. 15. What sons of the Preachers, who are not admitted
into Kingswood School, have an allowance for their education ?
A. Thomas Taylor, £12; John Benson, £12; William
Thompson, £12; Robert Taylor, £12; Robert Dall, £12;
James Thorn, £12; Robert Hopkins, £12; William Black,
£12 ; James Stuart, £12.
N.B. The boys, when sent from the school, shall have only
the quantity of clothes which they brought with them when
they were received.
Q. 16. What is allowed for the education of the daughters of
the Preachers ?
A. No daughter shall receive anything till she is nine years
old. She shall then have eight guineas a year for four years.
Q. 17. What daughters have the allowance this year?
A. Hannah Pritchard, fourth year; Jane Lougley, third
year; Jane Wilshaw, third year; M. Kane, third year; E.
Kane, third year ; Esther Lessey, third year ; Ann Martindale,
third year ; Sarah Pritchard, third year ; Esther Roberts, third
3'^ear; Isabella Watson, third year; Sarah Condy, third year;
Jane Jackson, third year; Letitia Hall, third year; Ann
Graham, third year ; Ann Creighton, third year ; Sophia Moon,
second year; Sarah Kirkpatrick, second year; Esther Rogers^
358
1796.
second year; Martha Goodwin, second year; Elizabeth Day,
second year; Lucy Gibbon, second year; Eliza Mill, second
year; Mary Price, second year; Jane and Betty Rutherford,
first year; Jane Fenwick, first year; jMaxwell Watson, first
year ; Ann Cooper, first year ; Esther Hopkins, first year ; Ann
Condy, first year. — Ireland, as follows ; Ann Graham, second
year ; and Margaret Price, second year.
Q. 18. What is contributed for the Preachers' Fund?
A. In England, £. s. d.
Subscriptions by the People - - 745 15 3
Ditto, by the Preachers - - - 325 10 0
In Ireland - - - - 178 12 0
In all £1,249
17
3
Q, 19. What is allowed out of it ?
IN ENGLAND.
£.
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
Robert Costerdine -
29
0
0
A. To Sister")
Westell J
15
0
0
Robert Hay ward -
Maria Marshall
19
12
0
0
0
0
Thomas Hanson
20
0
0
Joanna Butterfield -
12
0
0
John Furz
15
0
0
Susannah Boon
24
0
0
Ann Morgan
24
0
0
John Easton
33
0
0
Mary Penington
12
0
0
W. Denton's child -
14
0
0
Elizabeth Dillon -
15
0
0
Catherine Garnet -
12
0
0
Sarah Barry
15
0
0
Peter Mill
24
0
0
Sarah Nay lor
10
0
0
Parson Greenwood -
33
0
0
Mary Mitchell
15
0
0
Ditto, omitted last )
year j
32
0
0
Thomas Johnson -
7
7
0
Christopher Hopper
30
0
0
Deborah Brettell -
23
0
0
John Poole
30
0
0
John Peacock
27
0
0
James Christie
12
0
0
Sister Pearce
12
0
0
William Boothby -
14
0
0
John Beanland
21
0
0
Thomas Brisco
30
0
0
William Franklin -
6
6
0
JTnTin ^\^n'f«r*n
12
0
0
Thomas Wride
20
0
0
In all £851
3
0
Thomas Olivers
24
0
0
George Shadford -
12
0
0
IN IRELAND.
Ann Wright
12
0
0
Samuel Bates
12
0
0
Christopher Watkins
23
0
0
John Bredin
12
0
0
George Wadsworth
12
0
0
Mary Blair
16
0
0
Mary Empringham
12
0
0
Thomas Kerr
12
0
0
Susanna Broadbent
22
0
0
INIary Miller
16
0
0
Hester Tennant
23
0
0
Returned to Robert
Margaret Shaw
30
0
0
Dougherty
. 3
3
0
Joseph Thompson -
29
0
0
Joseph Jerom
13
0
0
In all
£71
3
0
Ditto, a gift
10
10
0
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Q. 20. Is it necessary to make any alterations in the Rules of
the Preachers' Fund?
A. The Rules of the Fund, as amended at this Conference,
are as follow : —
Rules respecting the Fund for Worn-out Preachers, and the
Widows of such as are deceased.
Rule I. Every Preacher who shall be admitted upon trial
shall at the next and every subsequent Conference, till his
admission into full connexion, contribute one guinea.
II. Every Preacher, when he is received into full connexion,
shall contribute two guineas; and every succeeding year, one
guinea.
III. No Travelling Preacher shall be entitled to any benefit
from this Fund, till he has paid, or caused to be paid, ten
guineas towards the support of it; except as hereafter provided.
But any Preacher in full connexion shall be entitled to the
privileges of the Fund on paying ten guineas.
IV. All the money received towards the support of this Fund
shall be lodged in the hands of four Stewards, chosen by the
Conference. These Stewards shall give sufficient security to
the Committee chosen by the Conference, who shall see these
Rules executed. And this Committee shall keep exact accounts
of all moneys received and paid, and shall lay them before the
Conference every year.
V. Every Preacher whom the Conference judges to be worn
out, and who has not departed from the work, shall receive
twelve pounds a year for life. And every Preacher who has
laboured longer than twelve years without departing from the
work, and is judged by the Conference to be worn out, shall
receive one pound annually for life, for every year he has
travelled above twelve, to the time he became superannuated.
But this allowance shall not preclude the Conference from
extending mercy to any distressed Brother whose case may be
represented to them. They shall consider his situation and cir-
cumstances, and add to this just demand what to them may
appear needful to support him comfortably.
It shall likewise be in the power of the Conference to make
suitable provision, out of this Fund, for the children of deceased
Preachers, and distressed widows, on any occasion which they
shall judge necessary.
VI. Every widow of a Travelling Preacher shall receive
twelve pounds a year. And if her deceased husband travelled
more than twelve years before he was worn out, she shall be
allowed one pound annually, for every year her husband travelled
above twelve, till the time he was superannuated.
N.B. If a widow marry, she shall have but half her allowance
during her second marriage. But if her second husband die,
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she shall again receive the whole as before, while she continues
a widow.
VII. If any Travelling Preacher be superannuated, or become
an invalid, before he has deposited ten guineas in the Fund, he
shall be allowed twelve pounds annually for life ; on condition
that he subscribe annually one guinea, till the ten guineas be
subscribed, or that he make up the ten guineas sooner,
VIII. If any married Travelling Preacher die before he has
deposited ten guineas in the Fund, his widow shall be allowed
twelve pounds annually for life ; on condition that she subscribe
annually one guinea, till the ten guineas be subscribed, or that
she make up the ten guineas sooner.
IX. No Preacher shall have any right to this Fund till he be
admitted into full connexion.
X. The widow of a Preacher that has never been admitted
into full connexion shall have no right to the privileges of this
Fund.
XI. If any widow of a Preacher, as aforesaid, marry, her
annuity shall be at her own disposal, and be paid to her
quarterly, by the Assistant of the Circuit in which she resides,
and no otherwise.
XII. No person shall be entitled to any benefit from this
Fund who has voluntarily left the work, or who sets up for
himself independently of the Methodist Conference and
Connexion.
XIII. No Preacher that shall be excluded this Connexion, for
any crime or misdemeanour, shall have any benefit from this
Fund, except the money he shall have subscribed toward the
support of it, which shall be returned to him.
XIV. No Travelling Preacher who neglects to pay his sub-
scription for four years successively (except those engaged in
Foreign Missions) shall have any benefit from this Fund. And
every Travelling Preacher who does not bring or send his
subscription to the Conference every year shall be fined five
shillings.
XV. This Fund shall never be reduced to less than one
thousand pounds.
XVI. If it shall happen at any future period, that the Fund
cannot support the burden upon it, then in such case the
Committee, with the advice of the Travelling Preachers, shall
advise the best method, and use the most prudent means, to
raise the Fund.
XVII. No part of this Fund shall be applied to any other
purposes than those directed by these Rules ; and all moneys
that have been borrowed from it shall be repaid with legal
interest.
XVIII. The Head-Master of Kingswood-School for the
time being, and the Book-Steward for the time being, sub-
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scribing as above to tlie Fund, shall have all the privileges
allowed by it.
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